Eliezer v Yang [2021] NSWCA 220

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Eliezer v Yang [2021] NSWCA 220 Hearing dates: 3 September 2021 Date of orders: 16 September 2021 Decision date: 16 September 2021 Before: Meagher JA; Brereton JA Decision: (1) Dismiss summons seeking leave to appeal filed 8 February 2021. (2) Order the applicant pay the respondents' costs of the proceeding. Catchwords: APPEAL – leave to appeal – where application under UCPR, r 36.15 to set aside costs orders made in earlier interlocutory proceedings – where primary judge made one of the costs orders sought to be varied – where primary judge refused to disqualify himself for apprehended bias – where r 36.15 application dismissed – where challenges to those orders have no realistic prospects of success – leave to appeal refused Legislation Cited: Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 101(2)(e) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 36.15(1) Cases Cited: Choi v University of Technology Sydney (No 2) [2020] NSWCA 342 Coles v Burke (1987) 10 NSWLR 429 Concrete Pty Ltd v Parramatta Design & Developments Pty Ltd (2006) 229 CLR 577; [2006] HCA 55 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337; [2000] HCA 63 Katter v Melhem (2015) 90 NSWLR 164; [2015] NSWCA 213 Isbester v Knox City Council (2015) 255 CLR 135; [2015] HCA 20 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Supriya Eliezer (applicant) Wanqlang Yang (fourth respondent) Meimei Xie (fifth respondent) Zhisheng Duan (sixth respondent) Wei Li Yu (seventh respondent) Xin Wang (eight respondent) Ping Kwan Lo (ninth respondent) Leng Lin Leong (tenth respondent) Representation: Counsel: Applicant in person J Li (solicitor) (respondents)