Health Care Complaints Commission v Edwards [2014] NSWCATOD 90

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Health Care Complaints Commission v Edwards [2014] NSWCATOD 90 Hearing dates: 10 July 2014 Decision date: 13 August 2014 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: Acting Judge K P O'Connor, AM, Deputy President Dr I Rotenko, Occasional Member Dr R Spark, Occasional Member J Houen, Occasional Member Decision: 1. The registration of the respondent on the roll of medical practitioners be cancelled. 2. The respondent not be eligible to seek review of that cancellation for a period of one year. 3. Respondent to pay the applicant's costs of the proceedings, as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE - Medical Practitioner - Failure to comply with conditions of previous disciplinary order - professional misconduct - registration cancelled Legislation Cited: Health Practitioner Regulation National Law No 86a Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Cases Cited: Prakash v Health Care Complaints Commission [2006] NSWCA 153 Health Care Complaints Commission v Townsend [2014] NSWCATOD 65 Health Care Complaints Commission v Cieslak [2013] NSWNMT 23 Health Care Complaints Commission v Philipiah [2013] NSWCA 342 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Health Care Complaints Commission (Applicant) Dr John Richard Bathurst Edwards (Respondent) Representation: Counsel V Hartstein (Applicant) M Richmond (Applicant) File Number(s): 1420074