Zepinic v Eventus Lawyers Pty Ltd trading as SLF Lawyers [2024] NSWSC 368

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Zepinic v Eventus Lawyers Pty Ltd trading as SLF Lawyers [2024] NSWSC 368 Hearing dates: 10 April 2024 Date of orders: 10 April 2024 Decision date: 10 April 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Chen J Decision: (1) Order, pursuant to r 13.4(1) of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), the summons filed 5 October 2023 be dismissed. (2) Order the plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs of and incidental to the notice of motion filed 7 November 2023. (3) Order the plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs of the proceedings. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – summary disposal – dismissal of proceedings – frivolous or vexatious proceedings – abuse of process – where plaintiff sought judicial review of a decision of a judge of the Supreme Court – application for summary dismissal granted Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW) Cases Cited: Brown v Bluestone Property Services Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 869 Choi v Secretary, Department of Justice and Communities (2022) 405 ALR 714; [2022] NSWCA 170 Kegran Pty Ltd v Warrik Pty Ltd (2018) 19 BPR 38665; [2018] NSWSC 1357 Osborne v Boral Resources (NSW) Pty Ltd [2012] NSWCA 155 Penson v Titan National Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 404 Pi v Zhou [2016] NSWCA 24 Snow v Snow [2015] NSWSC 90 Ugur v Attorney General for New South Wales [2019] NSWCA 86 Zepinic v Chateau Constructions (Aust) Limited [2018] NSWCA 317 Zepinic v Eventus Lawyers Pty Ltd t/as SLF Lawyers (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 699 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Vito Zepinic (plaintiff/respondent) Eventus Lawyers Pty Ltd t/as SLF Lawyers (defendant/applicant) Representation: Counsel: K Holcombe (defendant/applicant)