Wang v The Law Society of New South Wales [2020] NSWSC 1741

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Wang v The Law Society of New South Wales [2020] NSWSC 1741 Hearing dates: 3 December 2020 Date of orders: 3 December 2020 Decision date: 03 December 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: 1. On or before 5.00pm on 11 December 2020 the plaintiff is to notify the defendant of whether he accepts the seven facts, matters and circumstances identified in this judgment as constituting its points of claim or, if he does not, to provide points of claim to the defendant. 2. On or before 5.00pm on 5 February 2021 the defendant is to file points of defence. 3. On or before 5.00pm on 26 February 2021 the plaintiff is to file any points of reply. 4. On or before 5.00pm on 26 March 2021 the plaintiff is to file and serve any affidavits in support of his claim. 5. The matter will be listed for further directions at 9.00am on 6 April 2021 before the Registrar. 6. The costs of the defendant's notice of motion filed 26 October 2020 be costs in the cause. 7. The defendant's notice of motion be otherwise dismissed. Catchwords: FIDELITY FUND – necessity for pleading – no question of principle Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Legal Profession Act 2004 Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) 2014 Cases Cited: Wang v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2009] NSWSC 67 Category: Consequential orders (other than Costs) Parties: Chunfeng Wang (Plaintiff) The Law Society of NSW (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: W Chan (Plaintiff/Respondent) D Courtenay, solicitor (Defendant/Applicant)