Gurusinghe v Medical Council of New Zealand - [1989] 1 NZLR 139

Medicine, pharmacy and related professions — Medical practitioners — Disciplinary proceedings — Medical Council found medical practitioner guilty of four charges of disgraceful conduct and ordered that his name be removed from the medical register and that he pay costs of $20,000 - Charges related to four complainants and were heard together — Whether the charges should have been heard separately — Whether Council's failure to make some pre-trial disclosure of information to practitioner resulted in a miscarriage of justice — Whether Council's failure to give reasons had prejudiced practitioner's right of appeal — Whether misdirection as to corroboration justified a new hearing before the Council — Whether practitioner had been inadequately or negligently legally represented at the hearing before the Council — Whether amount of costs was excessive — Medical Practitioners Act 1968, ss 55, 56 and 58.