Ren v Jiang [2014] NSWCA 1

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Ren v Jiang [2014] NSWCA 1 Hearing dates: On the papers Decision date: 21 January 2014 Before: Leeming JA Decision: 1. Application for leave for Mr Guo to be cross-examined refused. 2. First and second respondents to pay the applicants' costs of this application. 3. Relist the proceedings for further directions on 4 February 2014 at 9.30am. [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.] Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - interlocutory applications - application for leave to cross-examine Chinese national in support of claimed abuse of process - application refused Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 471B Cases Cited: Dale v Clayton Utz (a firm) [2012] VSC 577 Freehill Hollingdale & Page v Bandwill Pty Ltd [2000] WASCA 150 Goodrich Aerospace Pty Ltd v Arsic [2006] NSWCA 187; 66 NSWLR 186 Markisic v Commonwealth of Australia [2010] NSWCA 273 Matthews v SPI Electricity Pty Ltd (No 6) [2013] VSC 422 Ren v Jiang [2013] NSWCA 194 Tonari v R [2013] NSWCCA 232 Williams v Spautz (1992) 174 CLR 509 Wu v Avin Operations Pty Ltd (No 3) [2006] FCA 1321 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Ke Qin Ren (first applicant) Pei Xu (second applicant) Yi Cheng Jiang (third applicant) Gloconnect Pty Ltd ACN 106 027 730 (fourth applicant) Hong Jiang (first respondent) Yongan Xie (second respondent) Wan Ze Property Development (Aust) Pty Ltd (in liquidation) ACN 131 642 147 (third respondent) Representation: Counsel: MR Ellicott (applicants) DA Smallbone (first and second respondents) DC Eardley (third respondent) Solicitors: James Lee Solicitors (applicants) Austin Haworth & Lexon Legal (Sydney) (first and second respondent) Downeys Lawyers (third respondent) File Number(s): 2012/240805 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9111 Citation: [2012] NSWSC 821 Date of Decision: 2012-07-19 00:00:00 Before: Black J File Number(s): 2011/51745