Conde v Gilfoyle & Anor

[2010] QCA 109

Queensland Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Vexatious litigants
3. › Vexatious proceedings orders
4. › Whether order prohibiting institution of proceedings without leave precludes appeal against that order
5. › Statutory construction of definitions
6. › Vexatious Proceedings Act 2005 (Qld), ss 5, 6, 6(2), 7, 10, 11, 11(6), 13
7. › Acts Interpretation Act 1954 (Qld), s 32A
1. Appeal
2. › Summary dismissal of appeal
3. › Powers of Court of Appeal
4. › Whether appeals should be summarily dismissed for lack of arguable merit
5. › Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991 (Qld), s 69
1. Statutory Interpretation
2. › Definitions in statutes
3. › Whether statutory definitions apply where context or subject matter otherwise indicates or requires
4. › General words constrained by context
5. › Acts Interpretation Act 1954 (Qld), s 32A

Quick Take

A vexatious proceedings order under s 6(2)(b) of the Vexatious Proceedings Act 2005 (Qld) does not preclude the person subject to the order from appealing against that order without first obtaining leave. The statutory definitions of 'proceedings' and 'institute' must yield to context under s 32A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 (Qld), and the context indicates that the legislature did not intend to immunise vexatious proceedings orders against appeal. The proper form of a s 6(2)(b) order should expressly exclude appeals against the order itself from the prohibition.