Shelley v Nurses & Midwives Tribunal of NSW & Anor [2007] NSWSC 1240

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Shelley v Nurses & Midwives Tribunal of NSW & Anor [2007] NSWSC 1240

HEARING DATE(S) : 19-20 March 2007

JUDGMENT DATE : 7 November 2007

JURISDICTION : Common Law Division Administrative Law List

JUDGMENT OF : Hislop J

DECISION : 1. The summons, as amended, is dismissed. 2. The plaintiff is to pay the second defendant's costs of and in relation to this appeal.

CATCHWORDS : Administrative law - nurse - professional misconduct - impairment - removal of name from Register - period before reapplication for registration.

LEGISLATION CITED : Nurses and Midwives Act, 1991

Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Limited (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 Bannister v Walton (1993) 30 NSWLR 699 Childs v Walton (unreported, NSWCA, 13 November 1990) Hevi Lift (PNG) Ltd v Etherington (2005) 2 DDCR 271 CASES CITED : House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Kirumba v Walton (unreported, NSWCA, 4 October 1990) Lindsay v Health Care Complaints Commission [2005] NSWCA 356 Prakash v Health Care Complaints Commission [2006] NSWCA 153 South Western Sydney Area Health Service v Edmonds [2007] NSWCA 16 Spicer v New South Wales Medical Board (unreported, NSWCA, 19 February 1981)

Lia Margaret Shelley (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Nurses & Midwives Tribunal of NSW (1st Defendant) Health Care Complaints Commission (2nd Defendant)

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 30101/06

J. Pearce/N. Rudland (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : Submitting appearance (1st Defendant) V. Hartstein (2nd Defendant)