Liristis v Corrective Services NSW (No 4) [2020] NSWSC 147

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Liristis v Corrective Services NSW (No 4) [2020] NSWSC 147 Hearing dates: 14 May 2019 Date of orders: 28 February 2020 Decision date: 28 February 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Rothman J Decision: (1) The proceeding be summarily dismissed;

(2) The plaintiff pay the defendants' costs of and incidental to the proceedings. Catchwords: CONTEMPT – conduct said to be calculated to obstruct or interfere with the due administration of justice – application by defendants to dismiss summarily – principles discussed – allegation and proceedings "hopeless" – proceedings dismissed

PRACTICE and PROCEDURE – summary dismissal – contempt – principles discussed – exception to interfere in proceedings for contempt by summary dismissal – exception warranted – proceedings "hopeless" and commenced irregularly Legislation Cited: Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW), Pt 55 Cases Cited: Ali v Collection Point Pty Ltd (2010) 274 ALR 618; [2010] FCA 1066 ASIC v Sigalla [2010] NSWSC 606 Clarkson v Mandarin Club Limited (1998) 90 FCR 354; [1998] FCA 1685 Commissioner of Corrective Services v Liristis (2018) 98 NSWLR 113; [2018] NSWCA 143 Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union v Grocon Constructors (Victoria) Pty Ltd & Ors; Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Boral Resources (Vic) Pty Ltd & Ors (2014) 47 VR 527; [2014] VSCA 261 Coward v Stapleton (1953) 90 CLR 573; [1953] HCA 48 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62; [1949] HCA 1 Farahbakht v Midas Australia Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 1322 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125; [1964] HCA 69 Henri Walter Aram v The Owners Strata Plan No 20175 [2012] NSWSC 1273 King v Healthcare Complaints Commission [2011] NSWCA 353 Kostov v YPOL Pty Ltd (2018) 19 NSWLR 1002; [2018] NSWCA 306 Mahaffy v Mahaffy [2013] NSWSC 245 Markisic (Oliver) v The Commonwealth [2006] NSWCA 150 Matthews v ASIC [2009] NSWCA 155 Midland Metals Overseas v Australian Cablemakers Association (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1128 O'Connor v Hough [2016] 2 Qd R 543; [2016] QSC 4 Patsalis v State of New South Wales (2012) 81 NSWLR 742; [2012] NSWCA 307 R v Metal Trades Employers' Association; Ex parte Amalgamated Engineering Union (1951) 82 CLR 208; [1951] HCA 3 Raymond v Honey [1983] 1 AC 1 Skouvakis v Skouvakis [1976] 2 NSWLR 29 Taylor v Ribby Hall Leisure Ltd [1998] 1 WLR 400 U & I Global (Australia) Pty Ltd v Tasman-Warajay Pty Ltd (1995) 60 FCR 26; [1995] FCA 794 Ulman v Live Group Pty Ltd (2018) 367 ALR 95; [2018] NSWCA 338 Witham v Holloway (1995) 183 CLR 525; [1995] HCA 3 Zomojo Pty Ltd v Hurd (No 5) [2014] FCA 537 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Tony Liristis (Plaintiff/Respondent) Corrective Services NSW (First Defendant/Applicant) State of New South Wales (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: No appearance (Plaintiff) P Herzfeld (Defendants)