Eliezer v The Owners Strata Plan No 51682 [2017] NSWSC 783

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Eliezer v The Owners Strata Plan No 51682 [2017] NSWSC 783 Hearing dates: 15 June 2017 Date of orders: 15 June 2017 Decision date: 15 June 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Garling J Decision: 1. The proceedings commenced by Statement of Claim dated 27/4/2015 be summarily dismissed.

2. Order the plaintiff to pay the defendants' costs of the proceedings. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – order for summary dismissal – alternative order that statement of claim be struck out

CIVIL PROCEDURE – summary dismissal – proceedings are vexatious or oppressive – no reasonable cause of action is disclosed – claim for malicious prosecution disclosed no reasonable cause of action – claim of abuse of process vexatious and oppressive Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules Strata Schemes Management Act 1996, Cases Cited: Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) HCA 1; (1949) 78 CLR 62 Eliezer v The Owners – Strata Plan No 51682 & Ors [2017] NSWSC 278 Eliezer v The Owners – Strata Plan No 51682 and Ors [2017] NSWSC 581 Eliezer v The Owners of Strata Plan No 51682 [2015] NSWSC 1172 Spencer v Commonwealth of Australia (2010) HCA 28; (2010) 241 CLR 118 Willers v Joyce [2016] UKSC 43 Williams v Spautz [1992] HCA 34; (1992) 174 CLR 509 Texts Cited: Not Applicable Category: Principal judgment Parties: Supriya Eliezer (P) The Owners Strata Plan No. 51682 (D1) Australian Property Managers Pty Ltd (D2) Peter Woodbury (D3) Frances Li (D4) Wanqlang Yang (D5) Meimei Xie (D6) Zhisheng Duan (D7) Wei Li Yu (D8) Xin Wang (D9) Ping Kwan Lo (D10) Leng Lin Leong (D11) Representation: Counsel: J Eliezer (Plaintiff's husband) M Klooster (D1) D Lamb (D7, 8, 10, 11) Mr Krstic (D5, 6) G Li (D9) S Jadhav (D2, 3, 4)