Health Care Complaints Commission v Robinson (No 2) [2018] NSWCATOD 24

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Health Care Complaints Commission v Robinson (No 2) [2018] NSWCATOD 24 Hearing dates: 7 and 8 February, 2018 Date of orders: 26 February 2018 Decision date: 26 February 2018 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: F Marks ADCJ, Principal Member Dr D Storey, Senior Member Dr F Sardelic, Senior Member J Houen, General Member Decision: 1. If the respondent were still registered as a health practitioner we would have cancelled his registration effective this day.

2. The respondent is disqualified from being registered as a medical practitioner for a period of two years from this date.

3. The respondent is to pay the costs of the complainant in an amount assessed in default of agreement. Catchwords: Medical practitioner guilty of professional misconduct-found suffers from impairment-doubt concerning causal connection between misconduct and condition causing impairment-registration lapsed-order that would have cancelled registration-disqualification period fixed. Legislation Cited: Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) Cases Cited: Health Care Complaints Commission v Robinson [2017] NSWCATOD 147 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Health Care Complaints Commission (Complainant) Dr Gregory Leonard Robinson (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: S Maybury (Complainant) P Griffin SC (Respondent)

Solicitors: Health Care Complaints Commission (Complainant) Meridian lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2017/00009849 Publication restriction: Non-publication order directed to the name of any patient or former patient of the respondent or any material which might tend to identify such patient.