In Re Dr Suman SOOD [2006] NSWMT 1

New South Wales Medical Tribunal

CITATION : In Re Dr Suman SOOD [2006] NSWMT 1 TRIBUNAL: Medical Tribunal PARTIES : Health Care Complaints Commission Dr Suman Sood FILE NUMBER(S) : 774 of 2005 CORAM: Walmsley, SC DCJ - Houen, Ms J - Sutton, Dr V - Quilter, Dr J CATCHWORDS: Professional Misconduct - Character - Dishonesty - Lack of Competence - Doctor engaged in pregnancy terminations Crimes Act 1900 s 83 Evidence Act 1995 s 128 Health Care Complaints Act 1993 Schedule 2 Part 4 Clause 11 LEGISLATION CITED: Health Registration Legislation Amendment Act 2004 Medical Practice Act 1992 (NSW) Ss 36, 37, 66(1), 105, 122 Medical Practice Regulation 1998 Cls 13, and 14 Schedule 2 NSW Barristers' Rules Pharmacy Act 1964, s 28 Allinson v General Council of Medical Education and Registration [1894] 1 QB 750; Basser v Medical Board of Victoria [1981] VR 53; Bowen-James v Walton and Ors (NSW Court of Appeal, 5/8/91, unreported); Bridges v Law Society of New South Wales [1983] 2 NSWLR 361 at 362; Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336; CES v Superclinics (Aust) Pty Ltd (1995) 38 NSWLR 47; Davis (2 December 1994); Ex parte Evatt; Re New South Wales Bar Association (1969) 71 SR (NSW) 153;WN (Pt 2)(NSW) 50; Furey (23 December 2002); Gianoutsos v Glykis [2006] NSWCCA 137; HCCC v Litchfield (1997) 41 NSWLR 630; CASES CITED: Law Society of NSW v Foreman (1994) 34 NSWLR 408; McBride v Walton (NSWCA 15 July 1994, BC 9402907); Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria v McGoldrick [1999] VSCA 215; New South Wales Bar Association v Seymour (Court of Appeal, 14 April 1982, unreported); New South Wales Bar Association v Cummins (2002) 52 NSWLR 279; Pillai v Messiter (No. 2) (1989) 16 NSWLR 197 ; Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v McCaffery [2004] NSWCA 470; Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Ritchard (Court of Appeal, 31 July 1987, unreported); R v Suman Sood (04/11/1102); R v Wald [1971]3 NSWDCR 25; Richter v Walton (NSW Court of Appeal, 15/9/93, unreported); Rogers v Whitaker (1992) 175 CLR 279; Zaidi v HCCC (1998) 44 NSWLR 82 DATES OF HEARING: 11 - 15 September 2006, 19 September 2006 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 20 October 2006 LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Ms Anna Katzmann SC, Dr K. Sant (Applicant) Mr P Boulton SC, Mr M Fordham (Respondent - 11th and 20th September 2006) ORDERS: FINDINGS 1. The respondent is guilty of (a) unsatisfactory professional conduct (b) professional misconduct 2. The respondent is not of good character ORDERS 1. The respondent is deregistered 2. The practitioner is not to apply for re-registration as a medical practitioner for 10 years