M1 v R1 [2024] NSWCA 256

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: M1 v R1 [2024] NSWCA 256 Hearing dates: 27 August 2024 Date of orders: 30 October 2024 Decision date: 30 October 2024 Before: Leeming JA at [1]; Mitchelmore JA at [5]; Price AJA at [122] Decision: (1) The extension of time to file the summons, which was amended pursuant to leave granted on 4 August 2024, is refused with costs. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — time limits — extension of time — judicial review — multiple grounds of review — no reviewable error established — no explanation for delay — lack of merit — lack of public interest Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 98, 99 Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW), s 8 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 319 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), ss 10A, 12A, 12B Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 136 Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Family Law) Rules 2021 (Cth), r 6.36 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 6.1, 6.3(b), 6.6, 13.4, 42.1, 59.10 Cases Cited: Ahern v Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd (No 2) [2022] NSWCA 39 Beau Timothy John Hartnett trading as Hartnett Lawyers v Anthony Robert Bell as Executor of the Estate of the late Mabel Dawn Deakin-Bell (No 2) (2023) 113 NSWLR 381; [2023] NSWCA 311 Bridges v Pelly [2001] NSWCA 31 Daley v Donaldson [2022] NSWCA 96 Duraisamy v Sydney Trains [2019] NSWCA 269 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337; [2000] HCA 63 Harman v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1983] 1 AC 280 Livers v Legal Services Commissioner (No 2) [2021] NSWCA 164 Livesey v New South Wales Bar Association (1983) 151 CLR 288; [1983] HCA 17 Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Nicholls (2011) 244 CLR 427; [2011] HCA 48 Ming v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2022] NSWCA 209 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFW (2018) 264 CLR 541; [2018] HCA 30 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li (2013) 249 CLR 332; [2013] HCA 18 Odtojan v Condon [2023] NSWCA 129 Pirovic v Barbieri [2021] NSWSC 1460 Riva NSW Pty Ltd v Mark A Fraser and Christopher P Clancy t/as Fraser Clancy Lawyers (No 4) [2018] NSWCA 327 Short v Crawley (No 45) [2013] NSWSC 1541 Tomko v Palasty (No 2) (2007) 71 NSWLR 61; [2007] NSWCA 369 Category: Principal judgment Parties: M1 (Applicant) R1 (First Respondent) Jan Worland (Second Respondent) District Court of NSW (Third Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Applicant (Self-represented) K Holcombe (Second Respondent)