Attorney General for the State of New South Wales v Collier (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 903

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Attorney General for the State of New South Wales v Collier (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 903 Hearing dates: 5 April 2022 Date of orders: 6 July 2022 Decision date: 06 July 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Cavanagh J Decision: I make an order that Mrs Marion Louise Collier be prohibited from instituting proceedings in New South Wales, without leave of this Court. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — parties — Vexatious litigants — Declaration of — Orders under the Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW) COSTS — Party/Party — Exceptions to general rule that costs follow the event — Nature of the proceedings — Vexatious litigant declaration — Where application in the public interest Legislation Cited: Constitution, s 109 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW) Vexatious Proceedings Amendment (Statutory Review) Act 2018 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney General for New South Wales v Collier [2021] NSWSC 1483 Attorney General for the State of New South Wales v Collier [2020] NSWSC 1572 Attorney General for the State of New South Wales v Collier (No 1) [2022] NSWSC 457 Attorney General in and for the State of NSW v Gargan [2010] NSWSC 1192 Attorney General of NSW v Croker [2010] NSWSC 942 Attorney General of NSW v Wilson [2010] NSWSC 1008 Attorney General v Collier [2022] NSWSC 323 Attorney-General for State of New South Wales v Collier (No 1) [2022] NSWSC 457 Attorney-General v Altaranesi [2013] NSWSC 63 CAO v Department of Child Safety [2009] HCASL 259 CAO v Department of Child Safety [2009] QCA 169 CAO v HAT [2013] QDC 42 CAO v HAT [2014] QCA 61 CAO v Hedges [2013] QCA 1 Collier v Attorney General for New South Wales [2021] NSWCA 16 Collier v Attorney General for New South Wales [2022] NSWCA 26 Collier v Attorney General for New South Wales (No 2) [2022] NSWCA 40 Collier v Burn [1994] NSWCA 53 Collier v Cook [2012] NSWCA 50 Collier v Country Women's Association of New South Wales [2016] NSWSC 1361 Collier v Country Women's Association of New South Wales [2017] NSWCA 22 Collier v Country Women's Association of New South Wales [2017] NSWCA 303 Collier v Country Women's Association of New South Wales [2018] NSWCA 36 Collier v Country Women's Association of New South Wales (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 422 Collier v Country Women's Association of New South Wales (No 3) [2017] NSWSC 604 Collier v Country Women's Association of New South Wales (No 3) [2018] NSWCA 184 Collier v Country Women's Association of New South Wales (No 4) [2017] NSWSC 1411 Collier v Country Women's Association of NSW [2017] NSWSC 1573 Collier v Country Women's Association of NSW (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 1729 Collier v Director of Public Prosecutions [1994] NSWCA 54 Collier v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2011] NSWCA 202 Collier v Director of Public Prosecutions (Supreme Court (NSW), Davies J, 16 March 2012, unrep) Collier v Hedges [2012] QDC 86 Collier v Queensland [2010] QSC 254 Collier v Queensland (Supreme Court (QLD), Muir J, 22 December 2005, unrep) Collier v Sengos [1993] NSWCA 67 Collier v Sengos [1993] NSWCA 68 Collier v Sengos [1994] NSWCA 55 Collier v State of New South Wales [2014] NSWCA 442 Collier v State of New South Wales [2014] NSWSC 1073 Collier v State of New South Wales [2014] NSWSC 776 Collier v State of New South Wales [2015] HCASL 132 Collier v State of New South Wales [2015] NSWCA 78 Collier v State of New South Wales (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 461 Collier v State of New South Wales (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 1359 Collier v Telstra Corporation Ltd [2017] FCCA 615 Collier v Telstra Corporation Ltd [2018] FCA 1569 Collier v Telstra Corporation Ltd (No 3) [2019] FCCA 2995 Collier v Tesoreiro [2017] FCA 1497 NRMA Insurance Ltd v Collier [1996] NSWCA 403 Potier v Attorney General in and for the State of New South Wales (2015) 89 NSWLR 284; [2015] NSWCA 129 Teoh v Hunters Hill Council (No. 8) [2014] NSWCA 125 Viavattene v Attorney-General (NSW) [2015] NSWCA 44 Zepinic v Chateau Constructions (Aust) Limited [2018] NSWCA 317 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Attorney General for the State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Marion Louise Collier (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: D Birch (Plaintiff)