NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Kang v Kwan & 2 Ors [2001] NSWSC 708 revised - 22/08/2001 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3510/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 17/08/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 17 August 2001
Wei Ling Kang (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Christopher Anthony Kwan (First Defendant) Kate Woowin (Second Defendant) Eileen Woowin (Third Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Santow J
G C Lindsay, SC/ M A Robinson (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : M L D Einfeld, QC/ F P Donohoe (First Defendant) C Champion (Schrader & Associates/ Mr Davidson) SOLICITORS : Legal Aid Society (Plaintiff) Verekers (First Defendant) CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE — Disqualification of a judge — Relevant factors — Waiver — Prudential issues that may nonetheless persuade a judge not to sit or to sit. LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act s125, s133 Carver v The Law Society of New South Wales (1997) 43 NSWLR 71 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 176 ALR 644 Galea v Galea (1990) 19 NSWLR 263 CASES CITED : Re JRL; Ex parte CJL (1986) 161 CLR 342 Livesey v New South Wales Bar Association (1983) 151 CLR 288 R v Lusink Ex parte Shaw (1980) 32 ALR 47 Webb v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 41 DECISION : Judge not disqualified and should sit.
REVISED — 22 August, 2001 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES IN EQUITY
SANTOW J
No. 3510/99 Wei Ling Kang Plaintiff Christopher Anthony Kwan First Defendant Kate Woowin Second Defendant Eileen Woowin Third Defendant
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