23-6-18 / Scott McLeod KC, Matthew Hickey OAM — Judicial Review & Administrative, Professional Discipline & Regulatory
The applicant, a doctor, applied for judicial review several years after “decisions” effecting his employment and registration had been made, but in circumstances where (it was argued by the respondents) no proper explanation for the delay was offered. Justice Applegarth allowed separate strike out applications brought by the Chief Executive,…
22-6-18 / Matthew Hickey OAM — Professional Discipline & Regulatory
The case concerned a medical practitioner who had admitted to unlawfully appropriating and self-administering Schedule 8 controlled drugs over a nine-month period. The parties had made joint submissions on the appropriate sanction but, after hearing them, the Tribunal departed from the agreed position and imposed a different sanction from that…
21-12-17 / Matthew Hickey OAM — Judicial Review & Administrative, Professional Discipline & Regulatory
Matthew Hickey appeared for the Health Ombudsman on a professional misconduct hearing concerning a pharmacist admitted to unlawfully supplying Schedule 4 restricted drugs to two customers over a two year period. The case concerned a contested hearing about sanction.
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