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HIGH COURT RULES 20042004 No. 304- RULE 6.06

Vexatious proceedings
6.06.1 Upon the application of a Law Officer, the Australian Government Solicitor, or the Principal Registrar, the Court or a Justice, if satisfied that a person, alone or in concert with any other, frequently and without reasonable ground has instituted or has attempted to institute vexatious legal proceedings may, having given that person an opportunity to be heard, order that he or she shall not, without the leave of the Court or a Justice, commence any proceeding or make any application in the original or the appellate jurisdiction of the Court.

6.06.2 Leave shall not be given under this rule unless the Court or a Justice is satisfied that the proposed proceeding or application is not an abuse of the process of the Court and that there is prima facie ground for the proceeding.



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