Moore v Moore [2020] NSWDC 402

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Moore v Moore [2020] NSWDC 402 Hearing dates: 13 August 2020 Date of orders: 13 August 2020 Decision date: 13 August 2020 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Dicker SC DCJ Decision: The Notice of Motion is dismissed Catchwords: Practice and procedure – summary dismissal application Torts – malicious prosecution – who initiates or instigates a prosecution – whether case would be doomed to fail – factual dispute Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: A v State of New South Wales [2007] HCA 10; (2007) 230 CLR 500 AD v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police [2018] NSWCA 89 Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552 Beckett v New South Wales [2013] HCA 17; (2013) 248 CLR 432 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Burton v Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions [2019] NSWCA 245 Commonwealth Life Assurance Society Limited v Brain (1935) 53 CLR 343 Comninos v Buckley [2019] NSWSC 968 Fan v South Eastern Sydney Local Health District [2020] NSWSC 1038 Jackamarra v Krakouer (1998) 195 CLR 516 Johnston v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited [2006] NSWCA 218 Mahon v Rahn (No 2) [2000] 1 WLR 2150 Perera v Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Pty Ltd [2017] 94 NSWLR 83 Sahade v Bischoff [2015] NSWCA 418 Spencer v The Commonwealth of Australia (2010) 241 CLR 118 Wood v New South Wales [2019] NSWCA 313 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Roderick Moore (Plaintiff) Steven Moore (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M K Rollinson (Plaintiff) P R Glissan (Defendant)