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VEXATIOUS PROCEEDINGS BILL 2011
The Bill is based on a model that originated in Queensland, and
has since been introduced in New South Wales and the
Northern Territory.
The main aim of the Bill is to allow people considered
vexatious by the Court to be prevented by an order of the
Court from initiating further proceedings in Tasmania, and also
certain proceedings to be dismissed as vexatious without
barring the litigant altogether from initiating future court
proceedings.
The Bill extends the scope of matters to be considered in
making an order to include proceedings brought by the litigant
in other jurisdictions.
It also allows orders to be made against persons acting in
concert with vexatious litigants, and courts to hear applications
for vexatious proceeding orders where proceedings have taken
place in tribunals such as the Anti-Discrimination tribunals.