Scott (No 3)

The applicant, Mr. Scott, sought a review of the appeal registrar’s decision to reject documents he attempted to file in two separate appellate proceedings. These proceedings related to the final property settlement orders made by the primary judge on 11 August 2023 and a vexatious litigant injunction issued against the applicant on 21 December 2021. The court had already dismissed the applicant’s previous applications for review and leave to appeal from both the final property settlement orders and the vexatious litigant injunction.

The legal issues before the court included whether the appeal registrar’s decision to reject the documents was correct, and whether the orders sought in the proposed appeals were competent and not an abuse of process. The court had to assess the procedural regularity of the applicant's filings and determine if they constituted a valid appeal or an abuse of the court's process.

The court found that the orders sought in the proposed appeals were incompetent and amounted to an abuse of process. The applications were dismissed based on the procedural irregularities and the apparent abuse of process, in accordance with rule 2.24(1)(e) of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Family Law) Rules 2021 (Cth). The court determined that the applications were not valid and did not merit further consideration.

In the appeal suit numbered NAA 256/2023, the court dismissed the Application in an Appeal filed on 24 November 2023 and the Application in an Appeal filed on 27 November 2023. Similarly, in the appeal suit numbered NAA 258/2023, the court dismissed the Application in an Appeal filed on 24 November 2023 and the Application in an Appeal filed on 27 November 2023. The court's order was subject to review for any minor typographical or grammatical errors, or any variation pursuant to the relevant rules.