Quach v New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission [2016] NSWCA 10

Quach v New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission [2016] NSWCA 10

No ground of review was established. The tribunal was properly constituted, there was no jurisdictional error, procedural fairness was not denied, and no apprehended bias was made out. The applicant should have pursued statutory appeal rather than judicial review. All substantive complaints lacked merit.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
10 February 2016
Procedural Posture
Judicial Review / Appeal From Tribunal Decision
Outcome
Amended summons dismissed; costs awarded to respondent; some motions rejected or stood over for directions.
Legal Topics
['judicial Review' 'jurisdictional Error' 'procedural Fairness' 'bias' 'conflict of Interest' 'discretion to Refuse Relief' 'merits Review' 'appointment of Tribunal Members']
['administrative Law' 'health Law'] ['judicial Review' 'jurisdictional Error' 'procedural Fairness' 'bias' 'conflict of Interest' 'discretion to Refuse Relief' 'merits Review' 'appointment of Tribunal Members']

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Procedural Posture

Judicial Review / Appeal From Tribunal Decision

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether NCAT was properly constituted by appointment of acting judge as member' 'Whether judicial member had conflict of interest' 'Whether denial of procedural fairness occurred' 'Whether apprehended bias was present' 'Whether jurisdictional error existed in tribunal reasoning' 'Whether judicial review relief should be refused due to failure to appeal']

Ratio Decidendi

No ground of review was established. The tribunal was properly constituted, there was no jurisdictional error, procedural fairness was not denied, and no apprehended bias was made out. The applicant should have pursued statutory appeal rather than judicial review. All substantive complaints lacked merit.

Court Disposition

Amended summons dismissed; costs awarded to respondent; some motions rejected or stood over for directions.

Orders

  • ["Reject the Practitioner's tender of the TGA document dated 27 August 2009 concerning Gardasil and the transcripts of NCAT proceedings." 'Amended summons filed 12 May 2015 dismissed.' 'Paragraph 2 of the notice of motion filed 21 October 2015 dismissed.' 'Paragraph 3 of the notice of motion filed 21 October 2015...