Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Yau Hang Chan (No 13) [2015] NSWSC 917

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Yau Hang Chan (No 13) [2015] NSWSC 917 Hearing dates: 6 July 2015 Date of orders: 13 July 2015 Decision date: 13 July 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Schmidt J Decision: Applications refused. Catchwords: CONTEMPT OF COURT – alleged contempt before Local Court proceedings – vexatious litigant – fitness hearing – reasons for various rulings during fitness hearing – reasons for refusal of adjournment and disqualification applications – objections to expert report – further applications for adjournment refused Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 (NSW) Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney General v Chan [2011] NSWSC 1315 Prothonotary v Chan (Supreme Court (NSW), Beech-Jones J, 22 June 2015, unrep) Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Yau Hang Chan (No 6) [2014] NSWSC 153 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Yau Hang Chan (No 8) [2014] NSWSC 596 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Yau Hang Chan (No 12) [2015] NSWSC 572 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Yau Hang Chan (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms B Baker (Plaintiff)

Solicitors: IV Knight, Crown Solicitor's Office (Plaintiff) Mr Chan (self-represented) File Number(s): 2012/350266 Publication restriction: None