Van Gorp v Davy [2023] NSWCA 43

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Van Gorp v Davy [2023] NSWCA 43 Hearing dates: 13 March 2023 Date of orders: 13 March 2023 Decision date: 13 March 2023 Before: Leeming JA at [1] and [19] Kirk JA at [2] Decision: Summons seeking leave to appeal is dismissed with costs. Catchwords: APPEAL — Leave to appeal — Abuse of process — appeal to the High Court dismissed — Fresh proceedings involving the same parties, the same issues on essentially the same grounds — Circumvent proper appellate processes — Unjustifiably oppressive to the respondents — Brings the administration of justice into disrepute — No issue of principle or question of general public importance — Leave should be dismissed with costs EQUITY — General principles and maxims — Equity would attend to the real justice of the case — Equity will not intervene on behalf of someone who lacks standing Legislation Cited: Succession Act 2006 (NSW) Cases Cited: Davy v Van Gorp [2022] NSWSC 466 Jenyns v Public Curator (Qld) (1953) 90 CLR 113; [1953] HCA 2 Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 507; [2015] HCA 28 UBS AG v Tyne (2018) 265 CLR 77; [2018] HCA 45 Van Gorp v Davy [2021] NSWSC 1509 Van Gorp v Davy [2022] NSWCA 117 Van Gorp v Davy [2022] NSWSC 1167 Van Gorp v Davy [2022] NSWSC 39 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378; [1993] HCA 77 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Sean Cornelius Van Gorp (Applicant) James Ashleigh Davy (First Respondent) Kimberley Ann Evans (Second Respondent) Representation: Advocates: