A Federal Court order prohibiting a person from instituting proceedings in the Federal Court (a court-specific order) engages s 8(1)(b) of the Vexatious Proceedings Restriction Act 2002 (WA), requiring the person to obtain leave under s 6 before instituting any proceedings in a Western Australian court or tribunal. The alternative construction — that s 8(1)(b) only applies to orders prohibiting proceedings in all courts — would render the section without practical operation, as neither federal nor state vexatious litigant provisions authorise orders of that breadth.
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