HCCC v Abou Hatoum & Anor [2004] NSWCA 30

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : HCCC v Abou Hatoum & Anor [2004] NSWCA 30 revised - 1/03/2004 HEARING DATE(S) : 06/02/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 February 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Meagher JA at 36; Handley JA at 46 DECISION : Application dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS : Summons for judicial review by way of certiorari challenging a finding of the Medical Tribunal of New South Wales - whether First Opponent discharged his onus to show he has become a fit and proper person to practise medicine - whether jurisdictional error occurred below - whether non-jurisdictional error on the face of the record occurred below. - Held: dismissing the appeal - no jurisdictional error occurred below - no non-jurisdictional error on the face of the record occurred below - appeal dismissed with costs. LEGISLATION CITED : Medical Practice Act 1992 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Zaidi v Health Care Complaints Commission (1998) 44 NSWLR 82 Health Care Complaints Commission v Litchfield (1997) 41 NSWLR 630 ex parte Lenehan (1949) 77 CLR 403 Landauer v Asser [1905] 2 KB 184 CASES CITED : Champsey Bhara & Co v Jivraj Balloo Spinning and Weaving Co Ltd [1923] AC 480, 487 British Westinghouse Co v Underground Electric Railways Co [1912] AC 673 Baldwin and Francis Ltd v Patents Appeal Tribunal [1959] AC 663 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority (NSW) (1982) 149 CLR 337, 350-2 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163, 182 Health Care Complaints Commission PARTIES : v George Abou Hatoum and Medical Tribunal of New South Wales FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40560 of 2003 COUNSEL : Claimant: J Basten QC & M Lynch 1st Opponent: Byrne SC & E Pike Claimant: D M Swain - Health Care Complaints Commission SOLICITORS : 1st Opponent: Whitehead Cooper Williams 2nd Opponent: I V Knight - Crown Solicitor