Islam v Australian Securities & Investments Commission [2023] NSWSC 1188

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Islam v Australian Securities & Investments Commission [2023] NSWSC 1188 Hearing dates: 03 October 2023 Date of orders: 06 October 2023 Decision date: 06 October 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison J Decision: Proceedings dismissed with costs. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – application to strike out summons or dismiss the proceedings – UCPR 13.4 and 14.28 – where plaintiff acts for himself and pleads a string of strongly held but vague grievances not specifically related to present defendants – whether amenable to cure by a legitimate amendment Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 14.28 Cases Cited: Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Co Ltd v Evatt (1970) 122 CLR 628; [1970] UKPC 30 Texts Cited: Ritchie's Uniform Civil Procedure NSW Category: Principal judgment Parties: Md Rajibul Islam (Plaintiff) Australian Securities and Investments Commission (1st Defendant) Commonwealth of Australia (2nd Defendant) Amit Sharma (3rd Defendant) Md Jobayer Al Rashid (4th Defendant) Shahanur F Chowdhury (5th Defendant) Maisha Samiha (6th Defendant) Afra Anjum Khan (7th defendant) Atif Anowar (8th Defendant) Md Jahangir Islam (9th Defendant) Mohammad Nurul Islam (10th Defendant) Md Shohel (11th Defendant) Nour Abbas (12th Defendant) Ishita Afzana Khan (13th Defendant) Fauzia Nigar (14th Defendant) Tejinder Singh Grewal (15th Defendant) Sultana Akter (16th Defendant) Md Nurul Huda (17th Defendant) Ridwan Rahman Khan Chowdhury (18th Defendant) Md Kamruzzaman (19th Defendant) Mahmud Hossain (20th Defendant) Raihan Karim (21st Defendant) DCS – NSW Fair Trading (22nd Defendant) Joydeep Chowdhury Pantha (23rd Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Algie (20th Defendant) R Lee (22nd Defendant)