Poulos v Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd [2019] NSWCA 241

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Poulos v Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd [2019] NSWCA 241 Hearing dates: 25 September 2019 Date of orders: 04 October 2019 Decision date: 04 October 2019 Before: Payne JA; Brereton JA Decision: (1) Summons dismissed; (2) Applicant pay the Respondent's costs. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Court of Appeal – application for leave to appeal – where proceedings dismissed under Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 13.4 – summons dismissed

JUDGMENTS – setting aside for fraud – summary dismissal – where relitigation an abuse of process Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 13.4 Cases Cited: AB v State of NSW [2014] NSWCA 243 Arthur JS Hall & Co v Simons [2002] 1 AC 615 Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464; [1939] HCA 23 Brewer v Brewer (1953) 88 CLR 1; [1953] HCA 19 Clone Pty Ltd v Players Pty Ltd (2018) 92 ALJR 399; [2018] HCA 12 Coffey v Secretary, Department of Social Security (1999) 86 FCR 434; [1999] FCA 375 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Hacide Pty Ltd, (Supreme Court (NSW), Sully J, 28 November 1989, unrep) Donnelly v Australia and New Zealand Banking Corp [2015] NSWCA 233 Hacide v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Court of Appeal (NSW), Samuels, Priestley and Clarke JJA, 1 August 1991, unrep); [1991] NSWCA 134 Henderson v Henderson (1843) 3 Hare 100; 67 ER 313 Macatangay v New South Wales (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 272 O'Shane v Harbour Radio Pty Ltd (2013) 85 NSWLR 698; [2013] NSWCA 315 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589; [1981] HCA 45 Poulos v Elliott [2019] NSWSC 423 Reichel v Magrath (1889) 14 App Cas 665 Sea Culture International v Scoles (1991) 32 FCR 275 Spalla v St George Motor Finance Ltd (No 6) [2004] FCA 1699 State of New South Wales v Williams [2014] NSWCA 177 Tomlinson v Ramsey Foods Processing Pty Limited (2015) 256 CLR 507; [2015] HCA 28 UBS AG v Tyne (2018) 92 ALJR 968; [2018] HCA 45 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378; [1993] HCA 77 Wentworth v Rogers (No 5) (1986) 6 NSWLR 534 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Patricia Poulos (Applicant) Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Applicant (Self-represented) F Roughley (Respondent)