Wang v State of New South Wales [2019] NSWSC 1332

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Wang v State of New South Wales [2019] NSWSC 1332 Hearing dates: 1 October 2019 Date of orders: 01 October 2019 Decision date: 01 October 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Adamson J Decision: (1) The plaintiff's motion filed on 23 September 2019 is stood over to be heard with the motions already fixed for hearing on 30 October 2019.

(2) Until 31 October 2019, any further application by the plaintiff in proceedings 2019/227867 may be made only with leave granted by the Registrar, Common Law duty judge or other judge of the Supreme Court.

(3) Until 31 October 2019, the Registry is not to accept for filing, online or in person, any notice of motion from the plaintiff in proceedings 2019/227867 without leave being granted in accordance with order (2).

(4) Order the plaintiff to pay the first and second defendants' costs of this motion. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – unrepresented litigant sought to file three notices of motion for summary judgment because hearing date thought to be too far into the future – whether plaintiff ought be prohibited from making further applications within specified time period without leave – orders made as sought Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 61 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 2.1, 42.1 Cases Cited: Wang v State of New South Wales [2014] NSWSC 909 Wang v State of New South Wales [2019] NSWSC 1298 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Li Wang (Plaintiff) State of New South Wales (First Defendant) Colin Hodgson (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Y Liu (appearing by leave for the Plaintiff) B Le Plastrier (First Defendant) B McManus (Second Defendant)