Jamal v Commissioner of Police (NSW) [2016] NSWCA 345

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Jamal v Commissioner of Police (NSW) [2016] NSWCA 345 Hearing dates: 8 December 2016 Decision date: 08 December 2016 Before: Basten JA; Payne JA Decision: (1) Grant the applicant's request for an adjournment of the hearing fixed for 8 December 2016.

(2) Direct that the Registrar fix a date for the hearing of the application for leave to appeal in February 2017.

(3) The respondent's costs of today to be the Commissioner's costs in the leave application. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for leave to appeal – applicant unfit to attend court –adjournment sought – applicant not consenting to leave application being dealt with on the papers – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 51.15 – court empowered to dispense with requirement for parties' consent – Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 14 Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 14 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 51.15 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Jon Jamal (Applicant) NSW Police Commissioner (First Respondent) Christopher Stiles (Second Respondent) J W Box (Third Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Ms E Raper

Solicitors: Applicant self-represented Bartier Perry (Respondents) File Number(s): 2016/188326 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Supreme Court Jurisdiction: Common Law Citation: [2016] NSWSC 658 Date of Decision: 26 May 2016 Before: Harrison AsJ File Number(s): 2014/369907