Huang v Wong [2018] NSWCA 94

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Huang v Wong [2018] NSWCA 94 Hearing dates: 18 April 2018 Date of orders: 18 April 2018 Decision date: 07 May 2018 Before: Beazley P; Meagher JA; Simpson AJA Decision: Notice of Motion dismissed Catchwords: LEGAL PRACTITIONERS – application for order that respondent's legal representatives withdraw from proceedings – no conflict of interest – Solicitors' Conduct Rule 12.1 – Barristers Conduct Rule 101(b) – allegation of professional misconduct – Kallinicos v Hunt – whether intervention by the court justified

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – where litigation referred for pro bono assistance – where avenues of pro bono assistance exhausted – order terminating referral made Legislation Cited: Barristers Conduct Rule 101(b) Solicitors' Conduct Rule 12.1 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) 7.36(1) (sub r 4A); 51.56 Cases Cited: Kallinicos v Hunt (2005) 64 NSWLR 561; [2005] NSWSC 1181 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Chao (Isabel) Huang (Appellant) Kam S Wong (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Appellant in person M Hutchings (Respondent)

Solicitors: Appellant in person Meridian Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2016/351845 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: District Court Jurisdiction: Civil Date of Decision: 03 November 2016 Before: Gibb DCJ File Number(s): 2013/333703