Haque v Vic

[2026] VSCA 1

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Interrogate

Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Summary judgment
3. › Application for leave to appeal
4. › Whether Associate Judge had authority to grant summary judgment
5. › Whether summary judgment justified
6. › Civil Procedure Act 2010 (Vic), ss 62-64
7. › Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015 (Vic), rr 77.01, 77.02
1. Limitation of Actions
2. › Tort claims
3. › Whether claims statute-barred
4. › Whether tort claims constitute a 'specialty' under s 5(3)
5. › Whether extension of time had real prospect of success
6. › Limitations of Actions Act 1958 (Vic), ss 5(1)(a), 5(3), 23A, 27D, 27J, 27K
1. Estoppel
2. › Res judicata
3. › Anshun estoppel
4. › Whether claims arising from same arrest precluded by earlier County Court judgment
5. › Whether unreasonable not to have brought all claims in earlier proceeding

Quick Take

This case confirms settled procedural and limitations law in Victoria and is primarily of interest as a fact-specific application of established principles to a self-represented litigant's claims.