NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Woods v Health Care Complaints Commission [2000] NSWCA 39 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40534/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 14/02/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 March 2000
Stephen Woods (Claimant) PARTIES : Health Care Complaints Commission (First Opponent) District Court of New South Wales (Second Opponent) Psychologist's Registration Board (Third Opponent) JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Powell JA at 2; Fitzgerald JA at 3
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 9570/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Patten DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Mr Paul Brereton, SC (Claimant) Miss Anna Katzmann, SC (Opponent) Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Claimant) SOLICITORS : D.M. Swain, Solicitor Health Care Complaints Commission (Opponent) CATCHWORDS : Judicial Review - Decision of District Court on an Appeal from the Psychologists Registration Board - whether the Psychologists Act 1989 has retrospective operation - conduct alleged to be professional misconduct prior to the Act coming into force. LEGISLATION CITED : Psychologist Act 1989 Acts Interpretation Act 1987 DECISION : Orders in the nature of certiorari quashing the decisions of the second and third opponents with costs here and below; The first opponent's cross-summons dismissed with costs.
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40532/99 DC 9570/97 MEAGHER JA POWELL JA FITZGERALD JA
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