Williams v Nielssen & Ors [2019] NSWSC 1216

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Williams v Nielssen & Ors [2019] NSWSC 1216 Hearing dates: 13 September 2019 Date of orders: 13 September 2019 Decision date: 13 September 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Lonergan J Decision: (A) The plaintiff's application for a restraining order to be made today against the NSW Bar Association is refused.

(B) Procedural Orders:

(1) The plaintiff is to provide a copy of the draft statement of claim to any proposed defendant by 16 September 2019.

(2) Any defendant who wishes to object to the statement of claim being filed is to notify the plaintiff by 19 September 2019.

(3) Any defendants referred to in order 2 are to file and serve any evidence and written submissions regarding whether leave should not be granted for the plaintiff to file a statement of claim pursuant to rule 7.14 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) by 23 September 2019.

(4) The plaintiff is to file and serve any evidence and any written submissions regarding the relief question he wishes to rely upon by 27 September 2019.

(5) The matter is listed before the Registrar on Wednesday 2 October 2019 for referral to the duty judge regarding the leave question and for further timetabling orders.

(6) I reserve the question of costs. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – case management orders made Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), s 77, 100 Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 7.14 Cases Cited: Wende & Ors v Horwath (NSW) Pty Limited (2014) 86 NSWLR 674; [2014] NSWCA 170 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Jason Williams (Plaintiff) Dr Olav Nielssen (First Defendant) New South Wales Bar Association (Fifth Defendant) South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (Sixth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Williams (Self-represented) G M Gregg (First Defendant) P Griffin SC (Fifth Defendant) J Taylor (Sixth Defendant)