Sebie v Krejci (No 3) [2023] NSWCA 221

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Sebie v Krejci (No 3) [2023] NSWCA 221 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 13 September 2023 Decision date: 13 September 2023 Before: Gleeson JA; Basten AJA Decision: (1) Grant leave to the applicants pursuant to s 16(3) of the Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW) to institute the proceedings the subject of the notice of motion filed 11 August 2023 on condition that such leave is limited to seeking (i) leave to reopen the judgment delivered on 10 August 2023 insofar as the judgment did not deal with par 17 of the applicants' notice of motion of 21 July 2023, and (ii) a stay of the orders made by Black J on 27 January 2022 until the reopening application is dealt with and the application for special leave to appeal to the High Court filed 15 August 2023 is heard. (2) Dismiss par 17 of the amended notice of motion dated 21 July 2023. (3) Refuse the application for a stay of the orders made by Black J on 27 January 2022. (4) Dismiss the notice of motion filed 11 August 2023. (5) Make no order as to costs of that motion. Catchwords: COURT OF APPEAL — procedure — application to reopen judgment — where Court inadvertently omitted to deal with application to review decision of Registrar — whether error in case management decision of Registrar CIVIL PROCEDURE — stay of proceedings — stay pending determination of special leave application to the High Court — whether sufficient prospect of obtaining special leave Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 121(3) Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW), ss 4, 8, 13, 14 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 36.15, 36.16, 49.19 Cases Cited: 123 259 932 Pty Ltd v Cessnock City Council (No 2) [2023] NSWCA 89 Autodesk Inc v Dyason (No 2) (1993) 176 CLR 300; [1993] HCA 6 Bryant v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1996) 70 ALJR 306; [1996] HCA 3 Dae Boong International Co Pty Ltd v Gray [2009] NSWCA 11 In the matter of ENA Development Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 54 Jennings Construction Ltd v Burgundy Royale Investments Pty Ltd (1986) 161 CLR 681; [1986] HCA 84 Reinhart v Welker (2012) 83 NSWLR 347; [2012] NSWCA 1 Tomko v Palasty (No 2) (2007) 71 NSWLR 61; [2007] NSWCA 369 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Robert Sebie (First applicant) Ronald Jemmott (Second applicant) One T Development Pty Ltd (Third applicant) Peter Krejci in his capacity as liquidator of ENA Development Pty Ltd (First respondent) Andy Vuong Duc Pham (Second respondent) Thi Huong Giang Pham (Third respondent) Representation: Counsel: M L Rose (First respondent)