Rita Cameron v Qantas Airways [2014] NSWSC 560

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Rita Cameron v Qantas Airways [2014] NSWSC 560 Hearing dates: 1 April 2014 Decision date: 13 May 2014 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Rothman J Decision: 1. The summons in matter 2013/366854 struck out; 2. Pursuant to s 8(7)(c) and s 8(8)(c) of the Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008, Rita Cameron is prohibited, without leave of the Court under s 14 of the Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008, from instituting or conducting proceedings in the State of New South Wales against Qantas Airways Limited or Qantas Limited, or any related corporation, relating to any injury said to be suffered by her in the course of her employment at Qantas Airways Limited and/or Qantas Limited and/or the status or efficaciousness of any judgment or order of the District Court of New South Wales or the Supreme Court of New South Wales relating to any such personal injury, or the settlement thereof; 3. The plaintiff shall pay the defendant's costs of and incidental to the proceedings, including the costs of the motion, notice of which was filed 20 February 2014; 4. Otherwise, proceedings dismissed. Catchwords: PRACTICE and PROCEDURE - Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 - re-litigation of issues already determined - abuse of process - no reasonable prospects of success - legally embarrassing - proceedings taken have effect of harassing or annoying - taken repetitively and frequently Legislation Cited: Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney General (NSW) v Chan [2011] NSWSC 1315 Attorney General v Tareq Altaranesi [2013] NSWSC 63 Attorney General (NSW) v Viavattene [2014] NSWSC 327 Pascoe v Liprini [2011] NSWSC 1484 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Rita Cameron (Plaintiff) Qantas Airways Limited (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Plaintiff) J. Catsanos (Defendant) Solicitors: HWL Ebsworth (Defendant) File Number(s): 2013/366854 Publication restriction: None