Kirby v Dental Council of New South Wales [2017] NSWCATOD 64

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Kirby v Dental Council of New South Wales [2017] NSWCATOD 64 Hearing dates: 5, 6, 7 and 27 October 2016 Date of orders: 28 April 2017 Decision date: 28 April 2017 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: R Titterton, Senior Member Dr T Boland, Occasional Member Dr M Stimpson, Occasional Member B Smith, Occasional Member Decision: The appeals are dismissed. Catchwords: Apprehended bias – principle applicable to Dental Council – whether the fair minded lay observer might reasonably apprehend a lack of impartiality by the Council – the question is largely a factual one, but it is necessary to consider the legal, statutory and factual context – no apprehended bias

Appeal pursuant to s 159 and 159B of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) No 86a – principles to be applied – appeals dismissed Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) No 86a Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 (NSW) Teaching Service Act 1970 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bettar Holdings Pty Ltd v Amelia 1822 Pty Ltd as trustee for the Waterloo Trust [2017] NSWSC 382 Builder's Builders' Registration Board of Qld v Rauber (1983) 57 ALJR 376; 47 ALR 55 Carver v Law Society of NSW (1998) 43 NSWLR 71 Concrete Pty Ltd v Parramatta Design & Developments Pty Ltd (2006) 229 CLR 577; [2006] HCA 55 Dickason v Edwards [1910] HCA 7, (1970) 10 CLR 243 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337 Ethell v Whalan [1971] 1 NSWLR 416 at 429 Goodwin v Commissioner of Police [2012] NSWCA 379 Griffin v The Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2016] NSWCA 364 Hedges v The Australasian Conference Association Ltd [2003] NSWSC 1107 Helow v Home Secretary [2008] 1 WLR 2416 Hot Holdings Pty Ltd v Creasy (2002) 210 CLR 438; [2002] HCA 51 In the matter of Bellafountain Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 391 Isbester v North City Council [2015] HCA 20; (2015) 255 CLR 135 Jiang v Psychology Council of NSW [2016] NSWCATOD 104 Johnson v Johnson (2000) 201 CLR 488, [2001] HCA 48 Khan v The Medical Council [2016] NSWCATOD 88 Khera v Law Society of New South Wales [2005] NSWADTAP 29 Laws v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal [1990] HCA 31; (1990) 170 CLR 70. Lindsay v NSW Medical Board [2008] NSWSC 40 McGovern v Ku-Ring-Gai Council (2008) 72 NSWLR 504 Michael Wilson Partners Limited v Nicholls [2011] HCA 48 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Jia Legeng (2001) 205 CLR 507; [2001] HCA 17 National Companies & Securities Commission v News Corporation Ltd [1984] HCA 29; (1984) 156 CLR 296 Pham v Legal Services Commissioner [2016] VSCA 256 R v Optical Board of Registration [1933] SASR 1 R v S (RD) [1997] 3 SCR 484 Re Anglican Development Fund Diocese of Bathurst Board (Recs and Mgrs apptd) [2015] NSWSC 6 Re Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance; Ex parte Hoyts Corporation Pty Ltd [1994] HCA 66; (1994) 68 ALJR 179 Romeo v Asher (1991) 29 FCR 343, [1991] FCA 201 Roylance v General Medical Council (No 2) [2000] 1 AC 311 Saedlounia v Medical Council (NSW) [2015] NSWCATOD 53 Simpson v Dental Council of NSW [2016] NSWCATOD 101 Stollery v Greyhound Racing Control Board (1972) 128 CLR 509; [1972] HCA 53 Webb v The Queen(1994) 181 CLR 41 [1994] HCA 30 Texts Cited: Professor G Dal Pont, Lawyers' Professional Responsibility, (Sixth Edition) Other: The Hon J D Heydon, Reasons For Ruling on Disqualification Applications, Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption Category: Principal judgment Parties: David William Kirby (Applicant) Dental Council of New South Wales (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Agius SC (5, 6, and 7 October 2016 Applicant) M Condon SC (27 October 2016 Applicant) A Horvath & A Karlozian (Respondent) File Number(s): 1620045 and 1620110 Publication restriction: Pursuant to Schedule 5D clause 7 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), publication or disclosure of the name, address or any evidence or information which might tend to or lead to the identification of the names of any patient identified in these proceedings is prohibited.