Wang v State of New South Wales (No 3) [2019] NSWSC 1599

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Wang v State of New South Wales (No 3) [2019] NSWSC 1599 Hearing dates: 30 October 2019 Date of orders: 21 November 2019 Decision date: 21 November 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: The Court orders that:

(1) The proceedings as against the second defendant are dismissed.

(2) No leave is granted to replead the statement of claim as against the second defendant.

(3) A stay of proceedings is granted as against the first defendant unless and until the plaintiff's tutor complies with the orders of Schmidt J and Harrison J that the tutor is to be represented by a lawyer.

(4) The plaintiff is to pay the first and second defendants' costs on an ordinary basis in relation to the plaintiff's three notices of motion filed 21 August 2019, 12 September 2019 and 23 September 2019, and the second defendant's notice of motion filed 6 September 2019. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — Applications — Summary dismissal — Abuse of process — Where the plaintiff has filed three notices of motion seeking summary judgment Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 67 Crown Proceedings Act 1988 (Cth), s 5(1) Limitations Act 1969 (NSW), ss 14, 55(1) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 1.12, 7.14, 13.1, 13.4, 14.28 Cases Cited: Al-Kandari v JR Brown & Co [1988] QB 665 Attwells v Jackson Lalic Lawyers Pty Ltd (2016) 259 CLR 1; (2016) 331 ALR 1 Carson v Turner [2019] VSC 427 D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid (2005) 223 CLR 1; (2005) 214 ALR 92 David v David [2009] NSWCA 8 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Haines v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1995) 43 NSWLR 404 at 414 Li Wang v State of New South Wales [2014] NSWSC 661 Magill v Magill (2006) 226 CLR 551; (2006) 231 ALR 277 O'Brien v Bank of Western Australia Ltd [2013] NSWCA 71 Rippon v Chilcotin [2001] 53 NSWLR 198; [2001] NSWCA 142 Rippon v Chilcotin Pty Ltd (2001) 53 NSWLR 198; [2001] NSWCA 142 s 14 of the Limitations Act 1969 (NSW) Sgargetta v Hayes [2016] VSC 150 Spencer v Commonwealth [2010] HCA 28; (2010) 241 CLR 118 State Bank of NSW v Stenhouse [1997] Aust Torts Reports 81-423 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378; (1993) 112 ALR 289 Wang & Liu v State of New South Wales [2011] NSWCA 321 Wang v State of New South Wales [2010] NSWCA 209 Wang v State of New South Wales [2011] NSWSC 609 Wang v State of New South Wales [2011] NSWSC 882 Wang v State of New South Wales [2013] NSWSC 386 Wang v State of New South Wales [2014] NSWSC 909 Wang v State of New South Wales [2019] NSWSC 1298 Wang v State of New South Wales [2019] NSWSC 1332 Texts Cited: Stephen Walmsley, Alister Abadee, Ben Zipser and Greg Sirtes, Professional Liability in Australia Thomson Reuters Australia, 2nd ed, 2015) [4.220] Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Li Wang (Plaintiff) State of New South Wales (Second Defendant) Colin Hodgson (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A Williams (First Defendant) W McManus (Second Defendant)