Rahman v Registrar-General [2014] NSWSC 521

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Rahman v Registrar-General [2014] NSWSC 521 Hearing dates: 6 May 2014 Decision date: 06 May 2014 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Davies J Decision: 1. I order that the Summons filed 3 October 2013 be dismissed. 2. I order that the Plaintiff pay the Defendant's costs of the proceedings. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - summary dismissal - extended estoppel - proceedings purporting to challenge the making of a sequestration order against the plaintiff - appeal from making of sequestration order unsuccessful - collateral attack on sequestration order in equity proceedings already dismissed - plaintiff now a vexatious litigant - proceedings dismissed Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney General of New South Wales v Rahman [2014] NSWSC 42 Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioner (1949) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 Haines v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1995) 43 NSWLR 404 Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (1996) 189 CLR 51 R v Kirby; ex parte Boilermakers' Society of Australia (1956) 94 CLR 254 Rahman v Lombe [2013] NSWSC 1416 Rippon v Chilcotin Pty Ltd (1995) 43 NSWLR 404 Spencer v The Commonwealth (2010) 241 CLR 18 Wainohu v New South Wales [2011] HCA 24 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mohammad Tabibar Rahman (Plaintiff) Registrar-General (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: In person (Plaintiff) P Walsh (Defendant) Solicitors: In person (Plaintiff) Solicitor for the Registrar-General (Defendant) File Number(s): 2013/297990