Woolf v Brandt (No 4)

[2024] NSWCA 47

NSW Court of Appeal

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Interrogate

Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Judgments and orders
3. › Motion to set aside or vary orders
4. › Court of Appeal
5. › Second application under UCPR r 36.16(3A)
6. › Whether applicant seeking to re-agitate issues already determined
7. › Whether application vexatious and abuse of process
8. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 36.16(3A)
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Abuse of process
3. › Vexatious applications
4. › Repeated applications to re-open
5. › Power to make directions to prevent further vexatious applications
6. › Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW)

Quick Take

The case illustrates the Court of Appeal's approach to repeated applications to re-open under UCPR r 36.16(3A), including the availability of Teoh directions and the Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW) as remedies for persistent vexatious applications.