Quach v New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission; Quach v New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal [2018] NSWCA 175

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Quach v New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission; Quach v New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal [2018] NSWCA 175 Hearing dates: 25 July 2018 Decision date: 09 August 2018 Before: Gleeson JA at [1] Payne JA at [28] White JA at [29] Decision: (1) To the extent necessary, grant leave under s 14 of the Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW) for the filing by the plaintiff of the notices of motion on 20 November 2017 in proceedings 2015/67618, 2015/48269 and 2015/158685.

(2) Dismiss the notices of motion filed 20 November 2017 in proceedings 2015/67618, 2015/48269 and 2015/158685. Catchwords: PROCEDURE – vexatious proceedings orders – where orders made under Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW), s 8(7)(a) and (b) – where applicant prohibited from instituting further proceedings to set aside earlier orders – application by person subject to vexatious proceedings orders to set aside earlier orders – Vexatious Proceedings Act, s 9 – where contention that the Court making the vexatious proceedings order was invalidly constituted because one member of the bench exceeded the age of 70 years – Commonwealth Constitution, s 72 – whether s 72 applied to fix maximum age of judges of State Supreme Courts – whether Supreme Court of New South Wales created by the Commonwealth Parliament – whether leave required to apply to set aside vexatious proceedings order – Vexatious Proceedings Act, s 14 Legislation Cited: 4 Geo IV, c 96 (1823) (Imp) Commonwealth Constitution, ss 1, 71, 72, 77 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), ss 39, 78B Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), ss 22, 36, 37, 38 Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW), ss 8, 14 Cases Cited: Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia v Alinta Limited (2008) 233 CLR 542; [2008] HCA 2 Attorney General in and for the State of New South Wales v Potier (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 238 Forge v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2006) 228 CLR 45; [2006] HCA 44 Kable v The Director of Public Prosecutions for the State of New South Wales (1996) 189 CLR 51; [1996] HCA 24 Klewer v Attorney General in and for the State of New South Wales [2010] NSWCA 219 Potier v Attorney General in and for the State of New South Wales [2014] NSWCA 256 Quach v New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission; Quach v New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal [2017] NSWCA 267 Quach v New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal [2015] NSWCA 63 Quach v Health Care Complaints Commission [2015] NSWCA 187 Quach v Health Care Complaints Commission (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 311 Quach v New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission [2016] NSWCA 10 Quach v Health Care Complaints Commission [2016] NSWCA 49 Quach v New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission (No 3) [2016] NSWCA 284 Quach v New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission (No 4) [2016] NSWCA 285 Quach v New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission (No 5) [2016] NSWCA 366 Quach v New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission (No 6) [2017] NSWCA 183 Quach v New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (No 2) [2017] NSWCA 182 Quach v New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal; Quach v Health Care Complaints Commission [2015] HCASL 131 Refrigerated Express Lines (A/Asia) Pty Ltd v Australian Meat and Livestock Corp (No 2) (1980) 29 ALR 333 The Commonwealth v Hospital Contribution Fund (1982) 150 CLR 49; [1982] HCA 13 Viavattene v Attorney General of New South Wales [2014] NSWCA 218 Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia v JW Alexander Ltd (1918) 25 CLR 434; [1918] HCA 56 Texts Cited: A Twomey, The Constitution of New South Wales (The Federation Press, 2004) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Michael Quach (Applicant) NSW Health Care Complaints Commission (First Respondent) NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Second Respondent) Attorney General of NSW (Amicus Curiae) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Applicant) J Hutton (Attorney General of NSW)