Miglani v Crisp

[2026] VSC 47

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Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Summary judgment
3. › Application under s 63 of the Civil Procedure Act 2010 (Vic)
4. › Whether no real prospect of success
5. › Where applicant identified no legal error
6. › Where applicant's claim was misconceived
7. › Civil Procedure Act 2010 (Vic), s 63
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Vexatious proceedings
3. › Extended litigation restraint orders
4. › Application under s 17 of the Vexatious Proceedings Act 2014 (Vic)
5. › Whether leave to apply required under s 16
6. › Whether commencement of proceedings habitual and persistent
7. › Number of proceedings not rising to required level of frequency
8. › Vexatious Proceedings Act 2014 (Vic), ss 16, 17
1. Administrative Law
2. › Tribunals
3. › Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
4. › Jurisdiction
5. › Review of decision of Victorian Legal Services Commissioner
6. › Whether VCAT has jurisdiction to review decision to close complaint under s 277(1) of Legal Profession Uniform Law
7. › Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 (Vic), ss 42(1), 48(a)
8. › Legal Profession Uniform Law, ss 277, 312, 313, 314

Quick Take

VCAT does not have jurisdiction to review a decision by the VLSC Early Resolution Officer to close a complaint under s 277(1) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law, and an appeal from a VCAT decision confirming that jurisdictional finding will be summarily dismissed where no legal error is identified.