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Administrative law

Troy v Transport for NSW

The Tribunal affirmed the refusal to renew Mr Troy’s bus driver authority, finding his repeated traffic offences meant he was not fit and proper or of good repute.

  • Bus driver authority
  • Fit and proper person
  • Good repute
  • Traffic offences
  • Public passenger vehicle
  • Bus-driver-authority
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Occupational regulation

Maher v Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia

The Tribunal confirmed the refusal of Marian Maher’s nursing registration application, finding she did not meet any English language pathway under the registration standard.

  • English language registration standard
  • Refusal of registration
  • Primary language pathway
  • Extended education pathway
  • English language tests
  • Costs
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Administrative law

Norah v Commissioner for Fair Trading

Tribunal review of real estate disciplinary action. Ground 1 on knowledge of tenancy law failed, but Ground 2 was made out. The disciplinary decision was affirmed.

  • Real estate agent disciplinary action
  • Fit and proper person
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Residential tenancy law
  • Undervalue property transaction
  • Real-estate-agent-disciplinary-action
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Administrative law

Howland v Secretary, Department of Customer Service

Howland v Secretary, Department of Customer Service [2025] NSWCATOD 21

The Tribunal set aside the refusal of a carpentry contractor licence, finding the applicant a fit and proper person despite a serious drug offending history.

  • Contractor licences
  • Fit and proper person
  • Home building act 1989 (nsw)
  • Parole and licensing
  • Merit review
  • Fit-and-proper-person
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Occupational regulation

Health Care Complaints Commission v Thornton

Health Care Complaints Commission v Thornton [2025] NSWCATOD 12

The Tribunal refused substituted service in disciplinary proceedings, finding notice had already been validly effected under the NCAT Rules by leaving documents at the respondent’s address.

  • Service of documents
  • Substituted service
  • Notice requirements
  • Procedural fairness
  • Disciplinary proceedings
  • Substituted-service
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Administrative law

Gearin v Secretary of the Department of Customer Service

Gearin v Secretary of the Department of Customer Service [2025] NSWCATOD 9

The Tribunal affirmed cancellation and a six-year disqualification of a registered certifier after finding serious breaches in issuing occupation certificates and related approvals.

  • Disciplinary action against registered certifier
  • Cancellation and disqualification of registration
  • Correct and preferable decision
  • Professional conduct and standards
  • Registered-certifier-discipline
  • Certificate-cancellation
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Administrative law

Archer v Point to Point Transport Commissioner

Archer v Point to Point Transport Commissioner [2025] NSWCATOD 8

The Tribunal affirmed refusal of booking-service authorisation, finding the applicant’s criminal history and unreliability created an unacceptable public safety risk.

  • Point to point transport authorisation
  • Public safety
  • Discretion to grant authorisation
  • Criminal record and regulatory decisions
  • Administrative-law
  • Transport-law
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Legal profession

de Robillard v Council of the New South Wales Bar Association; Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v de Robillard (No 2)

de Robillard v Council of the New South Wales Bar Association; Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v de Robillard (No 2) [2024] NSWCA 299

The Court partly allowed de Robillard’s appeal, but upheld the core misconduct findings and ordered his removal from the roll as not fit and proper.

  • Disciplinary proceedings against barristers
  • Removal from roll of practitioners
  • Professional misconduct
  • Procedural fairness
  • Standing of bar council
  • Tribunal powers and recommendations
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Administrative law

Commissioner for Fair Trading v Aboukalam

Commissioner for Fair Trading v Aboukalam [2024] NSWCATAP 205

Appeal dismissed in a licensing dispute over whether the respondent was fit and proper to hold a tradesperson certificate under the Home Building Act.

  • Fit and proper person test
  • Tradesperson certification
  • Statutory construction
  • Procedural fairness
  • Fit-and-proper-person
  • Tradesperson-certificate
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Occupational regulation

Mahadik v Medical Council of New South Wales

Mahadik v Medical Council of New South Wales [2024] NSWCATOD 163

The Tribunal ordered the Medical Council to pay Dr Mahadik’s costs from 17 August 2023 to 5 February 2024, after finding neither side wholly successful.

  • Costs
  • Appeals against registration conditions
  • Health practitioner discipline
  • Occupational-regulation
  • Health-practitioner-discipline
  • Registration-conditions
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