Marino v Bello [2024] NSWDC 149

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Marino v Bello [2024] NSWDC 149 Hearing dates: 16 November 2023 Date of orders: 8 May 2024 Decision date: 08 May 2024 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Waugh SC DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the plaintiff against the first defendant in the sum of $65,000 (2) First Defendant pay the cost of the plaintiff's proceedings Catchwords: TORTS – Collateral abuse of process – malicious prosecution – assessment of damages PROCEDURE – Default judgment for damages to be assessed Legislation Cited: s91 Evidence Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: A v The State of New South Wales (2007) 230 CLR 500 Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464 Emerton v Clerk of the Supreme Court [1992] NSWCA 65 Hamer-Matthew v Gulabrai (No.2) (1995) Australian Torts Reports 81–334 Lamb v Cotongo (1987) 164 CLR 1 Lux Gulabrai v Carl Hamer-Mathew [1997] NSWCA 131 Matthew v Gulabrai (1994) 35 NSWLR 92 New Brunswick Railway Co v British and French Trust Corporation Ltd [1939] AC 1 Rock v Henderson [2021] NSWCA 155 Sneddon v State of New South Wales [2012] NSWCA 351 State of New South Wales v Spedding [2023] NSWCA 180 State of New South Wales v Zreika [2012] NSWCA 37 Texts Cited: Balkin & Davis Law of Torts (6thedition, 2021) McGregor On Damages (21st edition) Category: Principal judgment Parties: A. Marino (Plaintiff) B. Bello (Defendant) Representation: Litigant in Person (Plaintiff)