O’Neill v Kwon [2016] NSWSC 1706

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: O'Neill v Kwon [2016] NSWSC 1706 Hearing dates: 12 October 2016 Date of orders: 07 December 2016 Decision date: 07 December 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Davies J Decision: (1) Pursuant to s 8(7)(b) Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 Ki Bun Kwon is prohibited from instituting proceedings in New South Wales against Peter Charles O'Neill without the leave of an appropriate court under that Act.

(2) The Defendant Ki Bun Kwon is prohibited from lodging or seeking to lodge caveats against properties in Folio Identifiers 2/523340, 22/6867, 2/SP18039, 1/SP56343, 2/SP56343, 3/SP56343, 5/SP56343 and 6/26171 without the leave of this Court. Catchwords: PROCEDURE – application for vexatious proceedings order pursuant to s 8 Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 – order sought by private citizen – defendant files multiple proceedings claiming relief from same facts – earlier proceedings dismissed – multiple appeals all unsuccessful – proceedings commenced without reasonable basis - later proceedings an abuse of process – defendant lodges repeated caveats over plaintiff's land – whether injunction should be granted to prevent lodgement of caveats – vexatious proceedings order made – injunction granted

REAL PROPERTY – Torrens title – caveats – litigant lodges repeated caveats claiming interest from same facts – proceedings to extend caveats all unsuccessful – whether injunction should be granted Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney General in and for the State of NSW v Gargan [2010] NSWSC 1192 Kwon v O'Neil [2002] NSWCA 116 Kwon v O'Neill [2014] NSWSC 1221 Kwon v Cha; Kwon v O'Neill [2015] NSWCA 111 Lethbridge v Mitchell (1887) 8 LR (NSW) 249 Stocks and Holdings (Imperial Arcade) Ltd v Fink (1965) 82 WN (Part 1) (NSW) 386 Taylor v Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia (1992) ANZ ConvR 161 Verebes v Verebes (1995) 7 BPR 14,408 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Peter Charles O'Neill (Plaintiff) Ki Bun Kwon (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Forster (Plaintiff) In person (Defendant)