Keane v Woolworths Group Ltd (No 3)

[2024] SASCA 87

SUPREME COURT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

(Court of Appeal: Civil)

KEANE v WOOLWORTHS GROUP LTD (No 3)

[2024] SASCA 87

Judgment of the Honourable Justice Doyle  

25 July 2024

PROCEDURE - STATE AND TERRITORY COURTS: JURISDICTION, POWERS AND GENERALLY - VEXATIOUS LITIGANTS, PROCEEDINGS AND RELATED MATTERS - OTHER MATTERS

The applicant has been declared a vexatious litigant pursuant to s 39 of the Supreme Court Act 1935 (Cth).  The application is dismissed.

Supreme Court Act 1935 (SA) s 39, referred to.
Keane v Woolworths Group Ltd [2024] SASCA 15; Keane v Woolworths Group Ltd (No 2) [2024] SASCA 39; Woolworths Group Ltd v Keane [2024] SASC 12, considered.

KEANE v WOOLWORTHS GROUP LTD (No 3)

[2024] SASCA 87

Court of Appeal - Civil

1. DOYLE JA:     On 2 February 2024, the applicant was declared a vexatious litigant pursuant to s 39 of the Supreme Court Act 1935 (SA).[1]  He has appealed that decision.

   [1]     Woolworths Group Ltd v Keane [2024] SASC 12.

2. The applicant has previously brought applications in these appeal proceedings which have been refused.[2]

   [2]     Keane v Woolworths Group Ltd (No 2) [2024] SASCA 39; Keane v Woolworths Group Ltd [2024] SASCA 15.

3. In this further application by the applicant, he seeks a number of orders.  The application is accompanied by an affidavit and submissions prepared by the applicant.  To the extent that I have been able to discern what the applicant seeks, and his bases for seeking it, his concerns seem to be largely related to his underlying and ongoing disputes with the respondent rather than the appeal.

4. No proper basis for the various allegations and complaints made has been identified.  But further, and in any event, the allegations and complaints made by the applicant are not legitimately ancillary to the hearing and determination of the applicant’s appeal.

5. The application is dismissed.