Attorney General in and for the State of New South Wales v Klewer (No 3) [2010] NSWSC 9

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Attorney General in and for the State of New South Wales v Klewer (No 3) [2010] NSWSC 9

HEARING DATE(S) : 11 May 2009 to 20 May 2009, final submissions 18 December 2009

JUDGMENT DATE : 5 February 2010

JUDGMENT OF : Harrison J

Until further order: DECISION : 1. Order that the defendant shall not, without the leave of the Court, institute any legal proceedings in any Court. 2. Order that any legal proceedings instituted by the defendant before the making of order (1) shall not be continued without the leave of the Court.

CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE – Supreme Court Act 1970 s 84(1) – where defendant engaged in sixty separate proceedings or applications against manifold defendants in the Local Court, the District Court, the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court and elsewhere – proceedings to restrain - whether defendant habitually and persistently and without reasonable cause instituted vexatious legal proceedings – orders made restraining the defendant from commencing or continuing any legal proceedings without the leave of the Court.

Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) Companion Animals Act 1998 Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001 Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 Evidence Act 1995 Impounding Act 1993 LEGISLATION CITED : Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Mental Health Act 1990 Social Security Act 1991 (Cth) Supreme Court Act 1970 Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (UK) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Vexatious Proceedings Restriction Act 1930 (WA) Victims Compensation Act 1996