Nusrat Deano v Health Care Complaints Commission [2012] NSWSC 693

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Nusrat Deano v Health Care Complaints Commission [2012] NSWSC 693 Hearing dates: 10/05/2012 Decision date: 25 June 2012 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Administrative Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: (1) The appeal is dismissed. (2) The application for judicial review fails. (3) The further amended summons filed 4 May 2012 is dismissed. (4) The plaintiff is to pay the defendants' costs as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - appeal from Nurses and Midwives Tribunal - findings by tribunal of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct - plaintiff's registration as nurse cancelled and not to apply for review of tribunal decision` for two years - judicial review - whether correct law was applied - whether purpose of law was considered - whether correct legal test was used - whether there was a denial of procedural fairness - appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Health Care Complaints Act 1993 Health Practitioner Regulation (Adoption of National Law) Act 2009 Health Practitioner Regulation Amendment Act 2010 Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Medical Practice Act 1992 Nurses and Midwives Act 1991 Supreme Court Act 1970 Cases Cited: Allinson v General Council Of Medical Education And Registration [1894] 1 QB 750 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 Briginshaw v Briginshaw HYPERLINK "/cgi-bin/LawCite?cit=%281938%29%2060%20CLR%20336?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=midwifes"(1938) 60 CLR 336 Craig v South Australia [1995] HCA 58; (1995) 184 CLR 163 Donnelly v HCCC [2011] NSWSC 705 Hall v NSW Trotting Club Limited [1977] 1 NSWLR 378 HCCC v Litchfield (1997) 41 NSWLR 630 HCCC v Meyer [2008] NSWNMT 22 HCCC v Schmich [2009] NSWNMT 19 King v HCCC [2011] NSWCA 353 Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission; Kirk Group Holdings Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales [2010] HCA 1 Lee v HCCC [2012] NSWCA 80 Lindsay v HCCC [2010] NSWCA 194 Lucire v HCCC [2011] NSWCA 99 Martin v Kelly [2008] NSWSC 577 NSW Bar Association v Cummins (2001) 52 NSWLR 279 NSW Bar Association v Meakes [2006] NSWCA 340 Pitsonis v Registrar of the Workers Compensation Commission HYPERLINK "http://www.lexisnexis.com/au/legal/search/runRemoteLink.do?langcountry=AU&linkInfo=F%23AU%23NSWLR%23decisiondate%252008%25sel2%2573%25year%252008%25page%25366%25sel1%252008%25vol%2573%25&risb=21_T14961130170&bct=A&service=citation&A=0.326433591 HYPERLINK "http://www.lexisnexis.com/au/legal/search/runRemoteLink.do?langcountry=AU&linkInfo=F%23AU%23NSWCA%23year%252008%25page%2588%25sel1%252008%25&risb=21_T14961130170&bct=A&service=citation&A=0.8100433082145218" \t "_parent" [2008] NSWCA 88; (2008) 73 NSWLR 366 Polglaze v Veterinary Practitioners Board of NSW [2009] NSWSC 347 Qantas Airways Limited v Gama (2008) 167 FCR 537; [2008] FCAFC 69 Stanoevski v the Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2008] NSWCA 93 Yelds v Nurses Tribunal HYPERLINK "http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2000/755.html"[2000] NSWSC 755 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Nusrat Deano (Plaintiff) Health Care Complaints Commission (First Defendant) Nurses and Midwives Tribunal (Second Defendant) Representation: R Graycar (First Defendant) The People's Solicitors (Plaintiff) HCCC (First Defendant) Crown Solicitor (Submitting Appearance for Second Defendant) File Number(s): 2011/360084 Decision under appeal Citation: HCCC v Deano [2011] NSWNMT 27 Date of Decision: 2011-10-14 00:00:00 Before: Nurses and Midwives Tribunal