Ritson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 896

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Ritson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 896 Hearing dates: 15 July 2019 Decision date: 15 July 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: R A Hulme J Decision: 1. Leave to appeal refused. 2. The applicant is to pay the respondent's costs in the sum of $11,000. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – application for leave to appeal – Local Court refused application to have judgment set aside – grounds of appeal based on technicalities – extraordinary litigation history – no "sufficient cause" to set aside judgment – leave to appeal refused – interests of justice – s 56 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW), s 369(8) Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW), s 71 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 101(2)(r) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2015 (NSW), r 36.15(1) Cases Cited: Aquaqueen International Pty Ltd v Weber [2014] NSWCA 101 Idoport Pty Limited v National Australia Bank Limited [2007] NSWSC 23 Kassem v Koutavas [2012] NSWSC 236 Penson v Titan National Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 120 Ritson v Commissioner of Police [2013] NSWSC 1396 Ritson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales [2018] FCCA 916; (2018) 332 FLR 182 Ritson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2019] NSWCA 106 Ritson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2017] FCA 1192 Ritson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2018] NSWSC 1999 Ritson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2019] FCA 475 Ritson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2019] NSWSC 726 Ritson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force (No 3) [2019] FCA 853 Ritson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force (No 2) [2019] FCA 662 Ritson v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force (No 2) [2019] FCA 1069 Secretary, Department of Family and Community Services v Smith (2017) 95 NSWLR 597; [2017] NSWCA 206 Weber v Aquaqueen International Pty Ltd; Aquaqueen International Pty Ltd v Weber [2013] NSWSC 1181 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Brendan Ritson (Applicant) Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Applicant (Self-represented) Mr P Afshar (Respondent)