15 Jul 2019
The statement of claim failed to plead the necessary key facts to establish a cause of action for reputational loss or any compensable loss, contained inconsistent and unsupported assertions and therefore was frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of process; accordingly the registrar's decision to strike out the statement of claim and dismiss the action was correct and is affirmed on appeal.
28 Aug 2015
The court found the plaintiff misrepresented the nature and scope of the Chan Order by publishing the memo and client notice (which conveyed that the court had approved the injunction and that defendants had given a general undertaking not to contact clients) and that this misrepresentation prejudiced the defendants; despite this misuse of the court's process the appropriate remedy was not discharge of the Orders but an adverse costs order against the plaintiff and continuation of the New Undertakings until trial or further order.
17 Sept 2010
The summons was dismissed because it was out of order, sought relief unknown to law, was irrelevant to the committal proceedings and constituted an abuse of process; costs were ordered against the respondent and to be summarily assessed; leave to appeal was refused because no arguable ground of appeal was shown.