Palmer v Mohareb [2019] NSWSC 975

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Palmer v Mohareb [2019] NSWSC 975 Hearing dates: 22-23 July 2019 Date of orders: 07 August 2019 Decision date: 07 August 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Fagan J Decision: (1) The defendant, Nader Nabil Sedra Mohareb, is prohibited from instituting any proceeding against the plaintiff, Matthew Palmer, in New South Wales. (2) The defendant, Nader Nabil Sedra Mohareb, is prohibited from instituting any new proceeding against any person in New South Wales, this order not to affect the filing of any interlocutory process in proceedings that have been commenced at the date of this order or any appeal or application for leave appeal from a decision in any such proceeding. (3) The defendant's amended notice of motion filed 12 April 2019 is dismissed. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – parties – vexatious litigants – where application brought by private individual under s 8(4)(d) Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW) – whether proceedings in question vexatious within s 6 – where prior application regarding same litigant pursued on narrow grounds – protective jurisdiction conferred by Act – court not confined by applying party's particulars of vexatiousness – numerous groundless and repetitive applications – proceedings "frequently instituted or conducted" – vexatious proceedings order made

CRIME – public justice offences – perjury – application by private party to prosecute plaintiff for perjury pursuant to Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 338(1)(c) – where party proposed to be prosecuted was opposing party in civil proceedings – discretionary considerations

WORDS AND PHRASES – "frequently instituted or conducted" per s 8(1)(a) Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW) Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) District Court Act 1973 (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) Local Court Act 2007 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney-General v Butterworth [1962] 3 All ER 326 Attorney-General v Leveller Magazine Ltd [1979] AC 440 Attorney-General v Times Newspapers Ltd [1974] AC 273 Attorney General for the State of New South Wales v Mohareb [2016] NSWSC 1823 Bleyer v Google Inc [2014] NSWSC 897 Ex parte Bread Manufacturers Ltd v Truth and Sportsman Ltd (1937) 37 SR (NSW) 242 Gregory v Phillip Morris Ltd (1987) 74 ALR 300 Harkianakis v Skalkos (1997) 42 NSWLR 22 Lane v Registrar of Supreme Court of NSW (1981) 148 CLR 245; [1981] HCA 35 Matthew Palmer v Nader Nabil Sedra Mohareb [2017] FCA 1760 Mohareb v Palmer (No 2) [2015] NSWDC 141 Mohareb v Palmer [2015] NSWCA 369 Mohareb v Palmer (No. 3) [2016] NSWDC 38 Mohareb v Palmer [2016] NSWCA 378 Mohareb v Palmer (No. 4) [2017] NSWDC 127 Mohareb v Palmer [2017] NSWCA 281 Mohareb v Palmer [2017] NSWSC 1491 Mohareb v Palmer (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 400 Mohareb v Palmer [2018] NSWCA 220 Mohareb v Palmer [2018] HCASL 18 Moss v McIlveen [2011] NSWCA 77 Neil v Nott (1994) 68 ALJR 509 Potier v Attorney General for the State of New South Wales [2015] NSWCA 129 Registrar, Supreme Court v McPherson [1980] 1 NSWLR 688 The Prothonotary v Collins (1985) 2 NSWLR 549 Ulman v Live Group Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 338 Viavattene v Attorney General (NSW) [2015] NSWCA Whitham v Hollier (1995) 183 CLR 525; [1995] HCA 3 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Matthew Palmer - plaintiff Nader Nabil Sedra Mohareb - defendant Representation: Counsel: N/A