Ugur v Attorney General for New South Wales [2019] NSWCA 86

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Ugur v Attorney General for New South Wales [2019] NSWCA 86 Hearing dates: 19 February 2019 Decision date: 26 April 2019 Before: Meagher JA at [1]; White JA at [2]; Brereton JA at [129] Decision: (1) Dismiss the appellant's notice of motion filed on 20 December 2018. (2) Appeal dismissed. (3) Appellant pay the respondent's costs of his notice of motion filed on 20 December 2018 and of the appeal. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — Summary disposal — Dismissal of proceedings — No reasonable cause of action disclosed — Self-represented litigant — Appeal against decision to dismiss summarily application for issue of writ of habeas corpus — Whether appellant denied procedural fairness — Whether primary judge's remarks on earlier occasion regarding merits of application gave rise to reasonable apprehension of bias — Whether primary judge acted under dictation — Whether primary judge erred in admitting hearsay evidence — Whether primary judge bound to accept as true appellant's allegation that appellant is subject to surveillance and monitoring by way of electronic microchip implanted in appellant's body Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 75 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 73

Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552; [2000] HCA 41 Antunovic v Dawson (2010) 30 VR 355; [2010] VSC 377 Ashby v Slipper [2014] FCAFC 15; (2014) 312 ALR 551 Barakat v Goritsas (No. 2) [2012] NSWCA 36 Bienstein v Bienstein [2003] HCA 7; (2003) 195 ALR 225 Burton v Shire of Bairnsdale (1908) 7 CLR 76 Concrete Pty Ltd v Parramatta Design and Developments Pty Ltd (2006) 229 CLR 577; [2006] HCA 55 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337; [2000] HCA 63 Fancourt v Mercantile Credits Ltd (1983) 154 CLR 87 Galea v Galea (1990) 19 NSWLR 263 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner For Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd v Reckitt Benckiser HealthCare (UK) Ltd [2013] FCAFC 150 Goodwin v Commissioner of Police [2012] NSWCA 379 Hall v Nominal Defendant (1966) 117 CLR 423 Isbester v Knox City Council (2015) 255 CLR 135; [2015] HCA 20 Johnson v Johnson (2000) 201 CLR 488; [2000] HCA 48 Michael Wilson & Partners Limited v Nicholls (2011) 244 CLR 427; [2011] HCA 48 O'Brien v Bank of Western Australia Ltd [2013] NSWCA 71; 16 BPR 31,705 Re JRL; Ex parte CJL (1986) 161 CLR 342 Royal Guardian Mortgage Management Pty Ltd v Nguyen [2016] NSWCA 88; (2016) 332 ALR 128 Ruddock v Vadarlis (2001) 110 FCR 491 Scott MacRae Investments Pty Ltd v Baylily Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 82 Spencer v Commonwealth (2010) 241 CLR 118; [2010] HCA 28 Three Rivers District Council v Bank of England [No. 3] [2003] 2 AC 1; [2001] UKHL 16 Toth v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2017] NSWCA 344 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Haci Emin Orhan Ugur (Applicant/Appellant) Attorney General for New South Wales (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Applicant/Appellant) S Free SC with A Bhasin (Respondent)