Mohareb v Kelso [2023] NSWSC 826

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Mohareb v Kelso [2023] NSWSC 826 Hearing dates: 29 June 2023 Date of orders: 14 July 2023 Decision date: 14 July 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Campbell J Decision: (1) The plaintiff's notice of motion of 14 November 2022 is dismissed (2) The plaintiff is to pay the costs of the State of New South Wales and the Northern Beaches Council Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — application for transfer of proceedings from NSW District Court to NSW Supreme Court — application for consolidation of proceedings — consideration of consolidation of contempt proceedings with civil proceedings Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 140, 146, 149 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 326 District Court Act 1973 (NSW), ss 4, 183D, Sch 3 Pt 11 cl 15 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 28.5 Cases Cited: Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337; [2000] HCA 63 Mohareb v Kelso [2020] NSWCA 105 Mohareb v Kelso (No 3) [2021] NSWCA 213 Mohareb v State of New South Wales [2019] NSWSC 270 Mohareb v State of New South Wales [2021] NSWDC 177 Morhareb v Kelso [2023] NSWSC 20 New South Wales Bar Association v Muirhead (1988) 14 NSWLR 173 QYFM v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2023] HCA 15 R v Kelso [2020] NSWDC 157 Wilkinson v Downton [1897] 2 QB 57 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Nader Mohareb (Plaintiff) Alexander Edward Kelso (First Defendant) Vanessa Kelso (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Nader Mohareb (applicant in person) AN Williams (State of New South Wales) J Guihot (Northern Beaches Council)