Mohareb v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 231

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Mohareb v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 231 Hearing dates: 15 September 2020 Date of orders: 24 September 2020 Decision date: 24 September 2020 Before: Bell P; Leeming JA; Simpson AJA Decision: (i) leave to appeal refused; (ii) the applicant to pay the respondents' costs of the application. Catchwords: APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL – COSTS — security for costs – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 42.21 – inherent jurisdiction of Supreme Court – reluctance to make orders against natural person – delay in making application – applicant bankrupt – evidence of funds transferred to overseas bank account in applicant's name – applicant evasive and untruthful about transferred funds – applicant's history of non-payment of court orders – where applicant has a history of failure to comply with costs orders Legislation Cited: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), s 60(2), (4) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 60 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 42.21 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 75A Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW) Cases Cited: Adam P. Brown Male Fashions Pty Ltd v Philip Morris Incorporated (1981) 148 CLR 170; [1981] HCA 39 Dae Boong International Co Pty Ltd v Gray [2009] NSWCA 11 Green (as liquidator of Arimco Mining Pty Ltd) v CGU Insurance Ltd [2008] NSWCA 148; (2008) 67 ACSR 105 In the Will of Gilbert (dec) (1946) 46 SR (NSW) 318 Li v State of New South Wales [2013] NSWCA 165 Live Board Holdings Ltd v Cody Live Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 302 Mohareb v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; Mohareb v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1685 Morris v Hanley [2001] NSWCA 374 Mr D v Ms P [2020] NSWCA 174 Palmer v Mohareb [2019] NSWSC 975 Rajski v Computer Manufacture & Design Pty Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 443 The Age Company Ltd v Liu (2013) 82 NSWLR 268; [2013] NSWCA 26 The Attorney General for the State of New South Wales v Mohareb [2016] NSWSC 1823 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Proceedings no. 2017/25606: