Attorney General of New South Wales v Rahman [2014] NSWSC 42

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Attorney General of New South Wales v Rahman [2014] NSWSC 42 Hearing dates: 28 November 2012 Decision date: 10 February 2014 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Adams J Decision: (1) Mr Rahman is prohibited from instituting proceedings in New South Wales without first obtaining leave of the Court; (2) no further steps are to be taken by Mr Rahman in any proceeding already instituted by him in New South Wales without leave of the Court; (3) all proceedings already instituted by Mr Rahman in New South Wales are stayed pending leave of the Court to proceed; (4) the defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - application for vexatious proceedings order pursuant to s 8 of the Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 - whether proceedings are vexatious - whether proceedings were instituted or conducted frequently - repeated re-litigation of issues determined against the defendant Legislation Cited: Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth), s 44 Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth), s 5 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 (NSW) Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW), s 84 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 39B, 78 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), ss 84, 101 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 14.6, 14.7, 14.8, 14.9 Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW), ss 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 Cases Cited: Attorney General in and for the State of NSW v Gargan [2010] NSWSC 1192 Attorney General of NSW v Wilson [2010] NSWSC 1008 Dubs v Rahman [2012] FMCA 664 Rahman v Ashpole [2007] FCA 883 Rahman v Ashpole [2007] FCA 1067 Rahman v Bimson [2010] NSWSC 338 Rahman v Dayeh [2007] FMCA 98 Rahman v Dayeh and Ors (No 2) [2007] FMCA 234 Rahman v Dayeh [2007] FCA 786 Rahman v Dayeh & Ord [2008] HCASL 23 Rahman v Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations [2009] FCA 239 Rahman v Director-General Department Of Education & Training [2005] NSWCA 285 Rahman v Director-General NSW of Education & Training [2004] NSWIRComm 1036 Rahman v Director-General NSW of Education and Training in the State of NSW [2004] NSWIRComm 303 Rahman v Director-General NSW Department of Education and Training [2004] NSWIRComm 370 Rahman v Director-General Department of Education and Training [2005] NSWCA 158 Rahman v Director-General of Dept of Education and Training [2006] HCATrans 188 Rahman v Dubs (Supreme Court (NSW), McCallum J, 18 December 2009, unrep) Rahman v Dubs [2010] NSWCA 129 Rahman v Dubs (Supreme Court (NSW), Hidden J, 1 February 2011, unrep) Rahman v Dubs [2011] NSWSC 376 Rahman v Dubs [2012] NSWCA 98 Rahman v Dubs [2012] NSWSC 1065 Rahman v Dubs [2012] FCA 849 Rahman v Dubs (No 2) [2012] FCA 1081 Rahman v Dubs [2013] HCASL 23 Rahman v Eagle (District Court (NSW), Neilsen DCJ, 2 December 2011, unrep) Rahman v Edward T David [2005] NSW 1251 Rahman v Hooper (District Court (NSW), Judicial Registrar Smith, 17 January 2012, unrep) Rahman v Institute of Languages New South Global Pty Ltd (Supreme Court (NSW), Hulme J, 28 November 2005, unrep) Rahman v Institute of Languages, New South Wales Global Pty Limited (Court of Appeal (NSW), Ipp JA, 6 February 2006, unrep) Rahman v Institute of Languages New South Global Pty Limited [2007] HCA Trans 174 Rahman v John Robert Marsden trading as Marsdens Law Group & Ors [2005] NSWSC 1306 Rahman v Marsdens Law Group [2005] NSWSC 529 Rahman v New South Global Ltd (Administrative Decisions Tribunal (NSW), Innes G - Judicial Member, 7 November 2003, unrep) Rahman v New South Global Ltd (EOD) [2003] NSWADTAP 46 Rahman v New South Global Pty Ltd [2004] NSWADTAP 49 Rahman v New South Global Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 1249 Rahman v New South Global Pty Ltd (Supreme Court (NSW), Giles and Bryson JJA, 3 August 2006, unrep) Rahman v Riordan (Supreme Court (NSW), 15 April 2010, McCallum J, unrep) Rahman v Riordan [2010] NSWCA 288 Rahman v Riordan [2010] NSWCA 375 Rahman v Riordan & Anor [2011] HCASL 16 Rahman v Riordan [2011] NSWCA 54 Rahman v Riordan [2011] NSWCA 142 Rahman v Secretary, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations [2006] AATA 960 Rahman v Secretary, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations [2007] FCA 1013 Rahman v Secretary, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations [2007] FCAFC 187 Rahman v Secretary, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations [2008] FCA 1634 Rahman v Secretary, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations [2008] HCASL 401 Rahman v Sharpe (District Court (NSW), Delaney DCJ, 13 February 2012, unrep) Rahman v Sharpe (No 1) [2012] NSWDC 48 Rahman v Sharpe (No 2) [2012] NSWDC 49 Tomko v Palasty (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 369 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Attorney General of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Mohammad Tabibar Rahman (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: S E Gray (Plaintiff) In person (Defendant) Solicitors: Crowns Solicitor's Office (Plaintiff) In person (Defendant) File Number(s): 2012/140230