Proietti v Proietti (No 3)

[2023] NSWCA 199

NSW Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Abuse of process
3. › Vexatious proceedings
4. › Teoh order
5. › Repeated applications for same relief after final determination
6. › Whether further application to set aside orders vexatious or abuse of process
7. › Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 63
8. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 13.4, 36.16
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Finality of litigation
3. › Successive proceedings raising same issues after final determination
4. › Exhaustion of appellate avenues
5. › Whether litigant entitled to apply repeatedly to same court for same relief

Quick Take

This case illustrates the operation of a Teoh order in practice, confirming that repeated applications for the same relief after exhaustion of appellate avenues will be summarily dismissed as vexatious and an abuse of process.

Case Details

Citation[2023] NSWCA 199

CourtNSWCA

JurisdictionNew South Wales

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