Wang v State of New South Wales (No 3) [2020] NSWCA 148

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Wang v State of New South Wales (No 3) [2020] NSWCA 148 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 20 July 2020 Decision date: 20 July 2020 Before: Macfarlan JA Payne JA Decision: (1) Dismiss Ms Wang's notice of motion filed on 1 May 2020 with costs. (2) Should Ms Li Wang seek to file any further application against the State of New South Wales or Mr Colin Hodgson in respect of any of the matters the subject of this Court's decisions of 20 February 2020 and 20 April 2020 ([2020] NSWCA 21 and [2020] NSWCA 64) Ms Wang must at the same time file a document of no more than five pages showing cause why this Court should not in Chambers summarily dismiss the application as vexatious and an abuse of process. (3) In lieu of the order made by this Court on 20 April 2020 that Ms Li Wang pay the costs of the State of New South Wales, order pursuant to s 98(4) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) that Ms Wang pay to the State of New South Wales the sum of $5,000 in respect of the State's costs of Ms Wang's notice of motion dated 3 March 2020. Catchwords: APPEALS – notice of motion by Wang seeking to reverse result of application for leave to appeal – attempt to re-agitate arguments previously put – notice of motion of same character previously dismissed – order to the effect of that made in Teoh v Hunters Hill Council COSTS – notice of motion by State of NSW seeking specified gross sum order – Civil Procedure Act, s 98(4) – relevance of history of proceedings and likelihood of incurring further significant costs Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Teoh v Hunters Hill Council (No 7) [2012] NSWCA 356 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Li Wang State of New South Wales Colin Hodgson Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Ms Wang) A N Williams (State of New South Wales)