Robert Geoffrey Brown v Eilleen Edwards Alias Shania Twain and Anor [2001] FCA 1169

Robert Geoffrey Brown v Eilleen Edwards Alias Shania Twain and Anor [2001] FCA 1169

After repeated opportunities to amend, the applicant's statements of claim remained nonsensical, pleaded no facts capable of supporting any claim, specified no meaningful relief, and disclosed no cause of action; the proceedings against the second respondent should therefore be dismissed, and the proceedings against the first respondent should also be dismissed as vexatious and an abuse of process.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
16 August 2001
Procedural Posture
Practice and Procedure; Copyright Claim / Notice of Motion to Strike Out Pleadings and Dismiss Proceedings
Outcome
Statements of claim struck out and proceedings against both respondents dismissed, with no order as to costs.
Legal Topics
['pleadings' 'failure to Disclose a Cause of Action' 'striking Out' 'dismissal of Proceedings' 'service Out of the Jurisdiction']
['practice and Procedure' 'copyright'] ['pleadings' 'failure to Disclose a Cause of Action' 'striking Out' 'dismissal of Proceedings' 'service Out of the Jurisdiction']

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Procedural Posture

Practice and Procedure; Copyright Claim / Notice of Motion to Strike Out Pleadings and Dismiss Proceedings

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the applicant's statements of claim disclosed any cause of action." 'Whether the proceedings against the respondents should be dismissed after repeated failures to plead a meaningful claim.' 'Whether allowing the proceedings against the unserved first respondent to continue would be vexatious and an abuse of process.']

Ratio Decidendi

After repeated opportunities to amend, the applicant's statements of claim remained nonsensical, pleaded no facts capable of supporting any claim, specified no meaningful relief, and disclosed no cause of action; the proceedings against the second respondent should therefore be dismissed, and the proceedings against the first respondent should also be dismissed as vexatious and an abuse of process.

Court Disposition

Statements of claim struck out and proceedings against both respondents dismissed, with no order as to costs.

Orders

  • ['The statements of claim filed on 13 July 2001 and 10 August 2001 be struck out.' 'The proceedings against both respondents be dismissed.' 'There be no order as to costs.']