Veterinary Practitioners Board of New South Wales v Johnson [2010] NSWADT 308

CITATION: Veterinary Practitioners Board of New South Wales v Johnson [2010] NSWADT 308

DIVISION: General Division

APPLICANT Terrence Johnson PARTIES: RESPONDENT Veterinary Practitioners Board of New South Wales

FILE NUMBER: 093282 and 093178

HEARING DATES: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 30 August 2010

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 14 September 2010

DATE OF DECISION: 30 December 2010

BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Deputy President); Carter T - Non-Judicial Member; Mayo-Ramsay R - Non-Judicial Member

CATCHWORDS: Professional discipline – veterinarian – professional misconduct

Veterinary Practice Act 2008 LEGISLATION CITED : Veterinary Practice Regulation 2006 Evidence Act 1995

Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Bannister v Walton (1993) 30 NSWLR 699 Dr Aladdin Matter & The Medical Practice Act of NSW (Medical Tribunal of NSW, unreported, 3 August 2000) Re Dr Than Le (Medical Tribunal of NSW, 20 September 2001)Prakash v Health Care Complaints Commission [2006] NSWCA 153 Sabag v Health Care Complaints Commission [2001] NSWCA 411 Health Care Complaints Commission v Pham [1999] NSWCA 39 Smith v New South Wales Bar Association (1992) 176 CLR 256 CASES CITED: McBride v Walton, unreported, NSWCA, 15 July 1994; BC 9402907 Barwick v Council of the Law Society of NSW [2004] NSWCA 32 Clyne v NSW Bar Association (1960) 104 CLR 186 Health Care Complaints Commission v Litchfield (1997) 41 NSWLR 630 Veterinary Surgeries Investigating Committee v Thompson [2007] NSWADT 107 Law Society of NSW v Foreman (1994) 34 NSWLR 408 Craig v Medical Board of South Australia [2001] SASC 169 Dr Graeme Reeves (Medical Tribunal of NSW, 23 July 2004)Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee v Howe [2002] NSWADT 191 Gelderman v Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee [2001] NSWADTAP 27 Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee v Williamson (No.2) [2005] NSWADT 112