NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: YZ v Amazon (No 7) [2016] NSWSC 637 Hearing dates: 13 May 2016 Date of orders: 20 May 2016 Decision date: 20 May 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: Proceedings permanently stayed Catchwords: DEFAMATION – allegation that prosecution of cause of action amounts to an abuse of process – where plaintiff seeking to re-litigate matters determined against her in other proceedings – where reputation unable to be vindicated due to statutory prohibition on identification of plaintiff.
PROCEDURE – where plaintiff impecunious – conduct of proceedings in a manner oppressive to defendants – proportionality – whether procedural abuse. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW); s 86, s 249K, s 249K(2) Family Law Act 1975 (Cth); s 65Y, s 65Z, s 121, s 121(9), s 121(9)(g) Cases Cited: B v R [2015] NSWCCA 103 B v The Queen [2015] HCA SL 187 Batistatos v RTA of New South Wales (2006) 226 CLR Besser v Kermode [2011] NSWCA 174 Bleyer v Google [2013] 88 NSWLR 670 Freeburn v The Cake Decorators Association of NSW Inc (No 2) [2014] NSWDC 173 Gardiner v Nationwide News Pty ltd [2007] NSWCA 10 O'Shane v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd [2013] NSWCA 315 P101 v Cambridge University Press [2015] NSWSC 1005 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 Smith v Lucht [2014] QDC 302 Swefford & Tarbell [2013] FamCA 233 Tyler & Sullivan [2014] FamCA 178 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 William v Spautz (1991) 174 CLR 509 YZ v Amazon [2013] NSWSC 1522 YZ v Amazon (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 415 YZ v Amazon (No 3) [2015] NSWSC 1130 YZ v Amazon (No 4) [2015] NSWSC 1346 YZ v Amazon (No 5) [2015] NSWSC1539 YZ v Amazon (No 6) [2015] NSWSC 1951 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: YZ (Plaintiff) Amazon (1st defendant) Smashwords Inc (2nd defendant) OP (3rd defendant) QRS (4th defendant) WX (6th defendant) Representation: Counsel No appearance by the plaintiff S Chrysanthou (first defendant) No appearance for the second defendant R Potter, D Woods (third and fourth defendants) No appearance by the sixth defendant
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