Toth v State of New South Wales [2023] NSWCA 206

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Toth v State of New South Wales [2023] NSWCA 206 Hearing dates: 27 July 2023 Date of orders: 01 September 2023 Decision date: 01 September 2023 Before: Meagher JA at [1]; Payne JA at [70]; White JA at [71] Decision: (1) Dismiss the notice of appeal filed on 14 November 2022 as incompetent. (2) Extend the time for the filing of the summons seeking leave to appeal to 21 September 2022. (3) Dismiss the summons seeking leave to appeal in relation to each of the grounds of appeal in the draft notice of appeal dated 13 September 2022. (4) Order that Mr Toth as appellant / applicant pay the costs of the State of New South Wales as respondent in summons proceeding 2022/282107 and appeal proceeding 2022/362371. Catchwords: APPEALS — competency of appeal — where claimed damages at first instance below statutory threshold — where appellant seeks to justify assessment of damages above threshold — whether further evidence sufficient to establish that amount in issue exceeds threshold — appeal dismissed as incompetent APPEALS — application for leave to appeal — where applicant seeks damages for false imprisonments, battery, assault and malicious prosecution — where damages in issue do not exceed threshold — leave refused Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 91L District Court Act 1973 (NSW), s 127(2)(c) Summary Offences Act 1988 (NSW), s 4(1) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 75A Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 51.22 Cases Cited: A v State of New South Wales (2007) 230 CLR 500; [2007] HCA 10 BE Australia WD Pty Ltd v Sutton (2011) 82 NSWLR 336; [2011] NSWCA 414 Be Financial Pty Limited as Trustee for Be Financial Operations Trust v DAS [2012] NSWCA 164 Beckett v New South Wales (2013) 248 CLR 432; [2013] HCA 17 Berry v Nicholls [2016] NSWCA 272 Collins v Wilcock [1984] 1 WLR 1172 Commonwealth Life Assurance Society Ltd v Smith (1938) 59 CLR 527; [1938] HCA 2 Concrete Pty Ltd v Parramatta Design & Developments Pty Ltd (2006) 229 CLR 577; [2006] HCA 55 CPCF v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 255 CLR 514; [2015] HCA 1 Gaynor v Attorney General for New South Wales (2020) 102 NSWLR 123; [2020] NSWCA 48 Jabulani Pty Ltd v Walkabout II Pty Ltd [2016] NSWCA 267 Lee v Lee (2019) 266 CLR 129; [2019] HCA 28 Lewis v Australian Capital Territory (2020) 271 CLR 192; [2020] HCA 26 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Jia Legeng (2001) 205 CLR 507; [2001] HCA 17 Savile v Roberts (1698) 1 Ld Raym 374; 91 ER 1147 State of New South Wales v Le [2017] NSWCA 290 The Age Company Ltd v Liu (2013) 82 NSWLR 268; [2013] NSWCA 26 Toth v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2017] NSWCA 344 Toth v State of New South Wales (District Court (NSW), Gibson DCJ, 19 November 2021, unrep) XL Petroleum (NSW) Pty Ltd v Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd (1985) 155 CLR 448; [1985] HCA 12 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Andrew Toth (Appellant/applicant) State of New South Wales (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Appellant/applicant) S Free SC (Respondent) G W Keesing (Respondent)