Wei Fan v South Eastern Local Health District [2021] NSWCA 36

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Wei Fan v South Eastern Local Health District [2021] NSWCA 36 Hearing dates: 16 March 2021 Date of orders: 18 March 2021 Decision date: 18 March 2021 Before: Meagher JA; White JA. Decision: Dismiss the summons seeking leave to appeal filed on 25 September 2020. Catchwords: APPEALS – leave to appeal – where primary judge summarily dismissed originating process – whether originating process subject to cause of action estoppel Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 13.4(1)(b) Cases Cited: Arnold v National Westminster Bank plc [1991] 2 AC 93 Fan v South Eastern Sydney Local Health District [2016] NSWCA 64 Thoday v Thoday [1964] P 181 Wei Fan v South Eastern Sydney Local Health District [2016] HCASL 162 Wei Fan v South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 1235 Texts Cited: KR Handley, Spencer Bower and Handley: Res Judicata (4th ed, 2009, LexisNexis) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Wei Fan (applicant) South Eastern Local Health District (respondent) Representation: Counsel: Yue Wang by leave (wife of applicant) P Rooney (respondent)

Solicitors: Applicant self-represented McCabe Curwood (respondent) File Number(s): 2020/00279074 Publication restriction: N/A Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Supreme Court of New South Wales Jurisdiction: Common Law Citation: [2020] NSWSC 1038 Date of Decision: 10 August 2020 Before: Walton J File Number(s): 2019/310445