What are vexatious proceedings?
Anyone who frequently and persistently takes legal action without reasonable grounds or for improper purposes can be subjected to a vexatious proceedings order under the Vexatious Proceedings Act 2008 (the Act). Section 6 of the Act defines vexatious proceedings: (a) proceedings that are an abuse of the process of a court or tribunal, and (b) proceedings instituted to harass or annoy, to cause delay or detriment, or for another wrongful purpose, and (c) proceedings instituted or pursued without reasonable ground, and (d) proceedings conducted in a way so as to harass or annoy, cause delay or detriment, or achieve another wrongful purpose. Which courts can make vexatious proceedings orders?Act 1970 defines a vexatious litigant as someone who habitually and persistently institutes vexatious legal proceedings without any reasonable grounds. In New South Wales, the Supreme Court, the Land and Environment Court and the Industrial Court are authorised to make vexatious proceedings orders. Th
