Health Care Complaints Commission v Kirby [2019] NSWCATOD 47

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Health Care Complaints Commission v Kirby [2019] NSWCATOD 47 Hearing dates: 14 December 2018 Date of orders: 03 April 2019 Decision date: 03 April 2019 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: A Britton, Principal Member Decision: 1. The application to dismiss the proceedings under s 55 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) and /or to permanently stay the proceedings, is dismissed. 2. The substantive application is listed for directions on 12 April 2019 at 12:30pm. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — whether NCAT has power to permanently stay proceedings PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — whether proceedings are an abuse of process WORDS AND PHRASES — meaning of "vexatious" in s 55 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Health Care Complaints Act 1993 (NSW) Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) Cases Cited: Aon Risk Services Australia Limited v Australian National University [2009] HCA 27; (2009) 239 CLR 175 Council of the Law Society of NSW v Clarke [2017] NSWCATOD 142 Council of the NSW Bar Association v Archer [2008] NSWCA 164 Crocker v Toys 'R US (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 3) [2015] FCA 728 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2000] HCA 63; (2000) 205 CLR 337 HCCC v Do [2014] NSWCA 307 Health Care Complaints Commission v Karunaratne [2018] NSWCATOD 137 Jago v District Court of NSW [1989] HCA 46; (1989) 168 CLR 23 Karimi v Medical Council of New South Wales [2017] NSWCATOD 180 Kirby v Dental Council of New South Wales [2017] NSWCATOD 64 Kirby v Dental Council of New South Wales [2018] NSWSC 1869 Lindsay v Health Care Complaints Commission [2005] NSWCA 356 Ridgeway v R (1995) 184 CLR 19 at 74–5; 129 ALR 41 Saedlounia v Medical Council (NSW) [2015] NSWCATOD 53 Strickland v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions [2018] HCA 53 Walton v Gardiner [1993] HCA 77; (1993) 177 CLR 378 Texts Cited: LexisNexis, Halsbury's Laws of Australia Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Health Care Complaints Commission (Applicant) Dr David Kirby (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: V Harstein (Applicant) J Shellar (Respondent)