Dunstan v Pringle; Dunstan v Pringle

• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Summary disposal
  3. › Dismissal of proceedings
  4. › Frivolous or vexatious proceedings
  5. › Whether proceedings had no prospect of success and were an abuse of process
  6. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 13.4
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Vexatious proceedings
  3. › Vexatious proceedings order
  4. › Whether plaintiff had frequently instituted or conducted vexatious proceedings in Australia
  5. › Meaning of 'frequently'
  6. › Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (NSW), ss 4, 6, 8
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Restraint on commencing proceedings
  3. › Inherent jurisdiction
  4. › Court's power to restrain party from commencing further proceedings without leave
  5. › Whether restraint proportional and directed to prejudice
  6. › Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 67
  7. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 12.10
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Costs
  3. › Gross sum costs order
  4. › Whether appropriate to make lump sum costs order where costs assessment would prolong matters

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