Health Care Complaints Commission v Gorman [2011] NSWMT 7

Medical Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Health Care Complaints Commission v Gorman [2011] NSWMT 7 Decision date: 17 August 2011 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Mr Russell Smith Dr Katherine Ilbery Dr Helen Pedersen Judge Peter Johnstone (Deputy Chairperson) Decision: Findings as to unsatisfactory professional conduct, professional misconduct and incompetence to practice medicine, de-registration of the Respondent and consequential orders, Respondent to pay the Commission's costs Catchwords: Medical Practitioner - unsatisfactory professional conduct - professional misconduct - competence to practice medicine Legislation Cited: Medical Practice Act 1992 Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 Cases Cited: Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 67 ALJR 170 Gorman v Health Care Complaints Commission [2002] NSWCA 396 Lucire v Health Care Complaints Commission (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 182 Ohn v Walton (1995) 36 NSWLR 77 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Health Care Complaints Commission (Complainant) Richard Francis Gorman (Respondent) Representation: Ms K Richardson (Complainant) The Respondent was self-represented Ms M Richmond (Complainant) The Respondent was self-represented File Number(s): 40027/10 (Consolidated with 40010/2011) Publication restriction: Suppression order in relation to the names of patients the subject of the complaints