Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd v Kowalski

[2004] SASC 302

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Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Vexatious proceedings
3. › Power to restrain vexatious litigant
4. › Whether Workers Compensation Tribunal is a 'court of the State'
5. › Whether proceedings in Tribunal are 'proceedings' for purposes of vexatious litigant provisions
6. › Supreme Court Act 1935 (SA), s 39
1. Administrative Law
2. › Tribunals
3. › Whether tribunal is a 'court'
4. › Characteristics of a court
5. › Judicial power
6. › Enforceability of decisions
7. › Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986 (SA)
1. Workers Compensation
2. › Workers Compensation Tribunal
3. › Nature and jurisdiction of Tribunal
4. › Whether Tribunal exercises judicial power
5. › Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986 (SA), ss 78-94C

Quick Take

The Workers Compensation Tribunal established under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986 (SA) is a 'court of the State' for the purposes of s 39 of the Supreme Court Act 1935 (SA). Proceedings instituted in the Tribunal may therefore be taken into account in determining whether a person has persistently instituted vexatious proceedings, and an order under s 39 may extend to prohibit the institution of further proceedings in the Tribunal without leave.