The Attorney General for the State of New South Wales v Mohareb [2016] NSWSC 1823

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Attorney General for the State of New South Wales v Mohareb [2016] NSWSC 1823 Hearing dates: 14 October 2016 and 16 November 2016 Date of orders: 16 December 2016 Decision date: 16 December 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Schmidt J Decision: Attorney's application dismissed with an order for costs in defendant's favour. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW) – orders sought opposed – proper construction of s 6 of the Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 – whether judgements admissible under s 91 of Evidence Act 1995 – whether the Attorney General met the onus of establishing that Mr Mohareb has frequently instituted or conducted vexatious proceedings – not established –application dismissed – costs Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney General v Tareq Altaranesi [2013] NSWSC 63 Attorney General v Chan [2011] NSWSC 1315 Attorney General in and for the State of New South Wales v Markisic [2012] NSWSC 433 Attorney General in and for the State of New South Wales v Markisic [2014] NSWSC 1596 Attorney General of New South Wales v Martin [2015] NSWSC 1372 Collector of Customs v Agfa-Gevaert Ltd (1996) 186 CLR 389; [1996] HCA 36 Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (Cth) (1981) 147 CLR 297; [1981] HCA 26 Gardner v R (2003) 39 MVR 308; [2003] NSWCCA 199) General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125; [1964] HCA 69 Gibb v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1966) 118 CLR 628; [1966] HCA 74 Kelly v R (2004) 218 CLR 216; [2004] HCA 12 Kable v State of New South Wales [2012] NSWCA 243 Kable v The Director of Public Prosecutions for the State of New South Wales (1996) 189 CLR 51; [1996] HCA 24 Martin v NSW Department of Industry and Investment [2009] NSWLEC 1447 Martin v NSW Minster for Mineral and Forest Resources [2010] NSWLEC 131 Martin v State of NSW (No 9) [2011 NSWCA 286 Mohareb v Jankulovski [2013] NSWCA 462 Mohareb v Jankulovski [2012] NSWSC 487 Mohareb v Jankulovski [2013] NSWSC 850 Mohareb v Jankulovski & Anor [2013] NSWSC 1300 Mohareb v Jankulovski [2014] NSWSC 451 Mohareb v Jankulovski [2014] NSWSC 745 Mohareb v Lambert and Rehbein (SEQ) Pty Ltd [2009] QSC 324 Mohareb v Lambert and Rehbein (SEQ) Pty Ltd [2010] QSC 126 Mohareb v Palmer [2015] NSWDC 134 Mohareb v Palmer [2015] NSWCA 369 Mohareb v Palmer (No 2) [2015] NSWDC 141 Mohareb v Palmer (No 3) [2016] NSWDC 38 Mohareb v Kelso; Mohareb v Booth [2016] NSWDC 208 Pascoe v Liprini [2011] NSWSC 1484 Potier v Attorney General NSW) (2015) 89 NSWLR 284; [2015] NSWCA 129 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355; [1998] HCA 28 Re Gray; Ex parte Marsh (1985) 157 CLR 351; [1985] HCA 67 Siteberg v Maples [2010] NSWSC 1344 Teoh v Hunters Hill Council (No 8) [2014] NSWCA 125 The Commonwealth v Baume (1905) 2 CLR 405; [1905] HCA 11 Viavattene v Attorney General (NSW) [2015] NSWCA 44 YZ Finance Co Pty Ltd (1964) 109 CLR 395; [1964] ALR 667 Category: Principal judgment Parties: The Attorney General for the State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Nader Mohareb (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M J Emmett (Plaintiff)