Olsson v Fagan; Hikspoors v Fagan [2022] NSWDC 145

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Olsson v Fagan; Hikspoors v Fagan [2022] NSWDC 145 Hearing dates: 5 May 2022 Date of orders: 6 May 2022 Decision date: 06 May 2022 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Judge Levy SC Decision: See paragraphs [27] and [28] for orders. Catchwords: PRACTICE & PROCEDURE – orders refusing defendant's multiple applications for dismissal, strike out, non-publication orders, and security for costs in proceedings claiming damages for mental harm following defendant surreptitiously illicitly filming the separate intimate activities of the plaintiffs in their living quarters Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 26, s 56 Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2016 (NSW), s 7, s 8 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 91P Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 13.4, r 14.28, r 42.21 Workers' Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW) Cases Cited: Brimson v Rocla Concrete Pipes Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 937 Comcare v PVYW (2013) 250 CLR 246; [2013] HCA 41 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125; [1964] HCA 69 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Ellen Olsson (Plaintiff) Lian Hikspoors (Plaintiff) Simon Fagan (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr R Royle (Plaintiffs) Ms M Fraser (Defendant)

Solicitors: Wyatts Lawyers (Plaintiffs) Holmann Webb (Defendant) File Number(s): 2021/263911 2021/263949 Publication restriction: None