Qasim v Bird & Ors [2022] NSWSC 258

Qasim v Bird & Ors [2022] NSWSC 258

Defendants were either improperly joined, or had immunity from suit due to their role as judicial officers, tribunal members, or witnesses in proceedings, or any claims were statute-barred; no reasonable cause of action was disclosed against them; therefore, they were removed as parties or proceedings against them were dismissed pursuant to relevant rules of court.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
17 March 2022
Procedural Posture
Civil / Procedural/interlocutory Decision on Defendants' and Plaintiff's Notices of Motion
Outcome
Notices of motion by defendants granted in part; certain defendants removed as parties, claims against others dismissed; plaintiff's notice of motion dismissed; costs reserved.
Legal Topics
['misjoinder of Parties' 'summary Dismissal' 'judicial Immunity' 'witness Immunity' 'statute of Limitations']
['civil Procedure'] ['misjoinder of Parties' 'summary Dismissal' 'judicial Immunity' 'witness Immunity' 'statute of Limitations']

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Procedural Posture

Civil / Procedural/interlocutory Decision on Defendants' and Plaintiff's Notices of Motion

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether certain defendants were improperly joined and should be removed as parties under r 6.29 UCPR' 'Whether the proceedings against other defendants should be dismissed under r 13.4 UCPR for being frivolous, vexatious, disclosing no reasonable cause of action, or being an abuse of process' 'Whether any claim against certain defendants is barred by judicial or witness immunity or by statute of limitations']

Ratio Decidendi

Defendants were either improperly joined, or had immunity from suit due to their role as judicial officers, tribunal members, or witnesses in proceedings, or any claims were statute-barred; no reasonable cause of action was disclosed against them; therefore, they were removed as parties or proceedings against them were dismissed pursuant to relevant rules of court.

Court Disposition

Notices of motion by defendants granted in part; certain defendants removed as parties, claims against others dismissed; plaintiff's notice of motion dismissed; costs reserved.

Orders

  • ['First defendant removed as party under r 6.29 UCPR; costs reserved.' 'Proceedings against second defendant dismissed under r 13.4 UCPR; costs reserved.' 'Fourth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fifteenth defendants removed as parties under r 6.29 UCPR; costs reserved.' 'Proceedings against fifth defendant dismissed...