Attorney General v Hunter

The applicant, the Attorney General of the State of Western Australia, sought an order under the Vexatious Proceedings Restriction Act 1930 that the respondent, Lindsay Hunter, should not be able to commence legal proceedings in any court unless he first obtained leave of the Supreme Court. The court was required to determine whether the respondent had habitually and persistently instituted vexatious proceedings in the Supreme Court or in any inferior Court. The court found that the respondent had brought numerous proceedings over a period of ten years which were exaggerated, repetitive, seldom pressed to a conclusion and without reasonable ground. The court held that the respondent's conduct met the criteria for vexatious proceedings and granted the order sought by the applicant.