Bowers v Judicial Commission of NSW (No 1) [2021] NSWCA 323

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Bowers v Judicial Commission of NSW (No 1) [2021] NSWCA 323 Hearing dates: 10 December 2021 Date of orders: 16 December 2021 Decision date: 16 December 2021 Before: Macfarlan JA; McCallum JA Decision: (1) Dismiss Mr Bowers' notice of appeal filed 16 August 2021. (2) No order as to costs of the purported appeal or the Judicial Commission's motion for its dismissal. (3) Dismiss Mr Bowers' application for leave to appeal with costs. Catchwords: APPEALS – leave to appeal – challenge to dismissal of summons seeking relief against the Judicial Commission – no arguable reason advanced for concluding that primary judgment erroneous – no prospects of success on an appeal – leave to appeal refused Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mr James Richard Bowers (Applicant) Judicial Commission of NSW (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Applicant) Mr D Farinha (Respondent)

Solicitors: Crown Solicitor's Office (Respondent) File Number(s): 2021/233752; 2021/269427 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Supreme Court of New South Wales Jurisdiction: Common Law Citation: [2021] NSWSC 916 Date of Decision: 30 July 2021 Before: N Adams J File Number(s): 2021/89783

[Note: The Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 provide (Rule 36.11) that unless the Court otherwise orders, a judgment or order is taken to be entered when it is recorded in the Court's computerised court record system. Setting aside and variation of judgments or orders is dealt with by Rules 36.15, 36.16, 36.17 and 36.18. Parties should in particular note the time limit of fourteen days in Rule 36.16.]