Singh v The Owners Strata Plan 11723 & Ors [2013] NSWSC 1595

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Singh v The Owners Strata Plan 11723 & Ors [2013] NSWSC 1595 Hearing dates: 12 September 2013 Decision date: 04 November 2013 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Slattery J Decision: Orders made under Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008, s 8 prohibiting the plaintiff from instituting proceedings in New South Wales against the First and Third Defendants and staying existing proceedings against them. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008, s 8 - whether proceedings the plaintiff commenced are "vexatious" - whether proceedings were conducted "frequently"- whether the Court should exercise its discretion to make a s 8 order - whether any order should be made prohibiting defendant from commencing or conducting proceedings against only certain named potential defendants - whether all existing proceedings the defendant has initiated should be stayed. Legislation Cited: Bankruptcy Act 1966, s 60(3) Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 140 Local Court Act 2007, s 30 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2006, rr 6.29(a), 36.15, 36.16 Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008, ss 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 Cases Cited: Attorney General v Tareq Altaranesi [2013] NSWSC 63 Attorney General v Chan [2011] NSWSC 1315 Attorney General v Crocker [2010] NSWSC 942 Attorney General v Shaw [2004] WASC 280 Attorney General v Wilson [2010] NSWSC 1008 Batistatos v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales (2006) 226 CLR 256; [2006] HCA 27 Brogden v Attorney General [2001] NZCA 208 Jagjit Singh v Owners Strata Plan No 11723 (No 2) [2012] FCA 900 Jagjit Singh v Owners Strata Plan No. 11723 (No 3) [2012] FCA 1121 Jagjit Singh v Owners Strata Plan No 11723 (No 4) [2012] FCA 1180 Official Trustee in Bankruptcy v Gargan (No. 2) [2009] FCA 398 Pascoe v Liprini [2011] NSWSC 1484 Singh v The Owners - Strata Plan No 11723 [2012] NSWSC 519 Singh v Owners, Strata Plan 11723 & Ors [2013] NSWSC 872 Siteberg v Maples [2010] NSWSC 1344 The Owners Strata Plan No 11723 v Singh & Anor [2012] FMCA 308 Singh v Owners of Strata Plan 11723 [2013] FCCA 506 Singh v Owners, Strata Plan 11723 & Ors [2013] NSWSC 872 Singh v Owners Strata Plan 11723 [2013] FCA 714 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff: Jagjit Singh First Defendant: The Owners Strata Plan 11723 Second Defendant: Paul Desmond Sweeney Third Defendant: Terry Grant Van Der Velde Representation: Counsel: Solicitors: Third Defendant: S Quang File Number(s): 2013/194812 Publication restriction: No.