Wang v State of New South Wales

The applicant, Wang, sought leave to appeal against a decision of the primary judge in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. The dispute concerned the appointment of a tutor under rule 7.14 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) and whether it was in the interests of justice for that tutor to continue proceedings without legal representation. The appeal was heard by Emmett and Gleeson JJA of the Court of Appeal of New South Wales.

The central legal issues before the Court of Appeal were whether the primary judge erred in exercising their discretion regarding the appointment of the tutor and, consequently, whether the tutor should be permitted to conduct the proceedings without a solicitor. This involved an assessment of whether the primary judge's decision disclosed an error of the kind contemplated by *House v The King*, which concerns the principles governing appellate review of discretionary judgments.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the application for leave to appeal. While the specific reasoning is not detailed in the provided text, the outcome indicates that the Court found no error in the primary judge's discretionary decision. The application for leave to appeal was dismissed with costs.