Singh v Tidball [2023] NSWSC 96

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Singh v Tidball [2023] NSWSC 96 Hearing dates: 8 February 2023 Date of orders: 8 February 2023 Decision date: 08 February 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Cavanagh J Decision: (1) The proceedings are dismissed pursuant to r 13.4 UCPR. (2) The plaintiffs to pay: (a) The third and fourth defendants' costs of the summons; and (b) The third and fourth defendants' costs of the motion. (3) I list all of the other matters pursued by Mr Singh in the NSW Supreme Court in relation to the dispute with the third and fourth defendants (I understand that there are five) before me at 9.30am on 16 February 2023 for case management. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — Summary disposal — Dismissal of proceedings — Abuse of process – frivolous or vexatious proceedings – where orders sought serve no utility Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), ss 36(1), 50(2) Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW), s 87 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 13.4 Cases Cited: Batistatos v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales (2006) 227 ALR 425; [2006] HCA 27 Charisteas v Charisteas (2021) 393 ALR 389; [2021] HCA 29 Texts Cited: None Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Gurjit Singh (First Plaintiff) Kiranjit Kauer (Second Plaintiff) Rave Kaur Mehroke (Third Plaintiff) Michael Tidball (First Defendant) Tracy Hall (Second Defendant) Umesh Sharma (Third Defendant) Krishna Sharma (Fourth Defendant) Civil and Administrative Tribunal of New South Wales trading as NCAT (Fifth Defendant) Representation: Solicitors: Plaintiff (Self-represented) M R Babu (Third and Fourth Defendants) File Number(s): 2022/346122 Publication restriction: None