Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee -v- Howe [2002] NSWADT 191

CITATION: Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee -v- Howe [2002] NSWADT 191 DIVISION: General Division APPLICANT PARTIES: Veterinary Surgeons Inestigating Committee RESPONDENT Dr Peter Allan Howe FILE NUMBER: 023033 HEARING DATES: 12-16/08/2002, 19/08/2002 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 08/19/2002 DATE OF DECISION: 09/30/2002

BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Deputy President); Thompson R - Member; Clark F - Member APPLICATION: Veterinary Surgeons Act - veterinary surgeon - misconduct or serious misconduct in a professional respect MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter Veterinary Surgeons Act 1986 LEGISLATION CITED : Veterinary Surgeons Regulation 1995 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Interpretation Act 1987 In the matter of an inquiry by the Disciplinary Tribunal into a complaint against Lloyd (unreported Veterinary Surgeons Disciplinary Tribunal of NSW 16/12/94) Hopwood v Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee [2002] NSWADT 44 Qidwai v Brown (1984) 1 NSWLR 100 Pillai v Messiter (No 2) (1989) 16 NSWLR 197 NSW Bar Association v Cummins (2001) NSWCA 284 Hoile v Medical Board of South Australia (161) 104 CLR 157 Marten v Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons' Disciplinary Committee (1966) 1 QB 1 Dad v General Dental Council (2000) 1 WLR 1538 Kalil v Bray (1977) 1 NSWLR 256 CASES CITED: Buttsworth v Walton unreported NSWCA 19/12/91 Richter v Walton unreported NSWCA 15/7/93 McBride v Walton (Supreme Court of NSW, Court of Appeal, 15/7/1994, unreported) Re Davis (1947) 75 CLR 409 Ex parte Tziniolis Re Medical Practitioners Act 1966 67 SR(NSW) 448 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Precision Plastics Pty Ltd v Demir (1975) 132 CLR 362 Clyne v New South Wales Bar Association (1960) 104 CLR 186 New South Wales Bar Association v Evatt (1968) 117 CLR 177 Health Care Complaints Commission v Litchfield (1997) 41 NSWLR 630 Zaidi v Health Care Complaints Commission (1998) 44 NSWLR 82 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: M Wade, solicitor RESPONDENT A Stenmark, barrister ORDERS: