Hana v Shad Legal Services Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCA 258

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hana v Shad Legal Services Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCA 258 Hearing dates: 15 September 2021 Date of orders: 27 October 2021 Decision date: 27 October 2021 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Payne JA at [6]; Brereton JA at [70] Decision: (1) Summons seeking leave to appeal dismissed. (2) Applicant to pay the costs of the respondent. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — pleadings — striking out — abuse of process — where statement of claim pleads fact inconsistent with finding of Court of Appeal in earlier proceedings — statement of claim constitutes collateral attack on Court of Appeal's decision — statement of claim struck out as abuse of process Legislation Cited: Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 101 Cases Cited: Abriel v Levitt [2004] NSWCA 258 Cleary v Jeans (2006) 65 NSWLR 355; [2006] NSWCA 9 D'Orta-Ekenaike v Victorian Legal Aid (2005) 223 CLR 1; [2005] HCA 12 Driclad Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1968) 121 CLR 45 at 64; [1968] HCA 91 Ekes v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2014] NSWCA 336 Foukkare v Angreb Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 335 Habib v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 231 Harris v Rapisarda [2019] NSWSC 1088 Mekhail v Hana; Mekail v Hana; In the Estate of Nadia Mekhail (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 1452 Mekhail v Hana; Mekail v Hana [2019] NSWCA 197 O'Shane v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd (2013) 85 NSWLR 698; [2013] NSWCA 315 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589; [1981] HCA 45 Rippon v Chilcotin Pty Ltd (2001) 53 NSWLR 198; [2001] NSWCA 142 Rogers v Roche (No 1) [2017] 2 Qd R 306; [2016] QCA 340 State Bank of New South Wales v Stenhouse (1997) Aust Tort Reports ¶81-423 Tobin v Ezekiel (2012) 83 NSWLR 757; [2012] NSWCA 285 Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 507; [2015] HCA 28 TriCare (Hastings) Ltd v Allen [2015] NSWCA 344 Walpole v Partridge and Wilson [1994] QB 106 Texts Cited: A Zuckerman, Civil Procedure (2003, LexisNexis) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Georgette Hana (Applicant) Shad Legal Services Pty Ltd (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: JE Sexton SC, JC Lee, BJS Smith (Applicant) G Ng (Respondent)