Perera v Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 10

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Perera v Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 10 Hearing dates: 7 February 2019 Decision date: 07 February 2019 Before: Basten JA; Macfarlan JA Decision: (1) Dismiss the application for leave to appeal from the judgment and orders made in the Common Law Division on 10 April 2018.

(2) Order that the applicant pay the respondent's costs in this Court. Catchwords: APPEAL – interlocutory appeal – leave – claim in tort dismissed as disclosing no reasonably arguable cause of action – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 13.4(1) – whether judge erred in failing to exercise exceptional caution before summarily dismissing the proceedings – whether reasonably arguable that judge erred in law in identifying the elements of the cause of action

TORT – malicious prosecution – claim for malicious prosecution arising from dismissal of earlier civil proceedings – applicant not a defendant in earlier proceedings – whether arguable case that a person not a party to earlier proceedings could sue for malicious prosecution Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 13.4 Cases Cited: A v State of New South Wales (2007) 230 CLR 500; [2007] HCA 10 Crawford Adjusters (Cayman) Ltd v Sagicor General Insurance (Cayman) Ltd [2014] AC 366; [2013] UK PC 17 Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Pty Ltd v Perera [2017] NSWSC 640 Little v Law Institute of Victoria [1990] VR 257 Perera v Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Pty Ltd (2017) 94 NSWLR 83; [2017] NSWCA 19 Sahade v Bischoff [2015] NSWCA 418 Willers v Joyce [2016] UKSC 43; [2016] 3 WLR 477 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Madura Perera (Applicant) Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Pty Ltd (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Applicant in person R Mansted (Respondent)