Editing Vexatious litigation (section)

===Australia===

====Queensland====
In [[Queensland]], the process for having someone declared a vexatious litigant is governed by the ''[[Vexatious Proceedings Act 2005]]'', which supplanted an earlier Act.<ref name="From Archive.org-1818794">{{cite web |url=http://www.courts.qld.gov.au/151.htm |title=Vexatious litigants |work=courts.qld.gov.au |date=November 28, 2007 |access-date=April 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326220116/http://www.courts.qld.gov.au/151.htm |archive-date=March 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref> The Act defines a vexatious proceeding to include a proceeding brought without merit or any prospect of success, with the consequence that it is not necessary to prove the existence of any improper motive in order to obtain relief under the Act. {{As of|2019|June}} there were 26 people found to be vexatious litigants.<ref name=":0" />

====South Australia====
In South Australia, vexatious litigation laws were enacted in the mid-1930s with the ''[[Supreme Court Act 1935-1936]]'', following similar laws enacted in Victoria.<ref>
Stauber, Alvin. (2009). "[http://www.bizresearchpapers.com/attachments_2009_01_14/2.Alvin.pdf Litigious Paranoia: Confronting And Controlling Abusive Litigation In The United States, The United Kingdom, And Australia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618114532/http://bizresearchpapers.com/attachments_2009_01_14/2.Alvin.pdf |date=2012-06-18 }} ". ''International Review of Business Research Papers''. 5:11. p22. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
</ref> In 2010 the [[Mike Rann|Rann government]] acted to strengthen the ability of the courts to act against vexatious litigants by "increasing the range of courts and tribunals that can declare people as vexatious".<ref name="McGregor2010-11-06">
McGregor, Ken. (6 November 2010). "[http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/government-targets-serial-litigants-clogging-up-the-courts/story-e6frea83-1225948535382 Government targets serial litigants clogging up the courts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108015314/http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/government-targets-serial-litigants-clogging-up-the-courts/story-e6frea83-1225948535382 |date=2010-11-08 }} ". ''[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]'', Adelaide, South Australia. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
</ref> Prior to that date, few people had been banned from bringing litigation to South Australian courts – by 2005, only two people were listed as having been declared as vexatious litigants, the first in 1997 and the second declared during that year.<ref>Henderson, Nick. (19 July 2005). "Legal History in the Making as Woman Faces Courts Ban: Litigant has her day in court – maybe for the last time." ''The Advertiser'', Adelaide, South Australia. p10.</ref><ref>Hough, Andrew. (12 November 2005). "Serial litigant barred". ''The Advertiser'', Adelaide, South Australia. p25.</ref>  {{As of|2019|June}} there were 7 people found to be vexatious litigants.<ref name=":0" />

====Statistics====

{{As of|2019|June}}, 21 people in Victoria had been declared vexatious litigants since the law was introduced in 1930.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="DJ Lindsey">{{cite news | first=Fergus | last=Shiel | title=Annoying litigant is back | date=2006-04-10 | url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/annoying-litigant-is-back/2006/04/09/1144521210696.html | work=[[The Age]] | access-date=2008-07-06 | location=Melbourne | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119005732/http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/annoying-litigant-is-back/2006/04/09/1144521210696.html | archive-date=2008-11-19 | url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[High Court of Australia]] declared only four people to be vexatious litigants in its 116 years in existence {{As of|2019|June|lc=y}},<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Dillon|first=Meagan|date=2019-06-26|title=Meet some of Australia's most high-profile legal pests|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-27/more-than-100-people-declared-australian-vexatious-litigants/11225640|access-date=2020-08-20|website=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Barnett|first=Katy|date=28 March 2019|title=High Court declares fourth ever vexatious litigant|url=https://legalwiseseminars.com.au/high-court-declares-fourth-ever-vexatious-litigant/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412093154/https://legalwiseseminars.com.au/high-court-declares-fourth-ever-vexatious-litigant/|archive-date=2020-04-12|access-date=2020-08-20|website=Legalwise Seminars|language=en-AU}}</ref> whereas the Australian [[Federal Court of Australia|Federal Court]] system, established in 1976, has at least 49 names on its barred registry.<ref name=":0" />

In [[New South Wales]], {{As of|2019|June|lc=y}} there were 43 people on the [[New South Wales Supreme Court]]'s vexatious litigants register.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.supremecourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/Pages/SCO2_practiceprocedure/SCO2_vexatiousproceedings.aspx#Istherearegisterofvexatiouslitigantsandtheordersthatapplytothem?|title=Vexatious Proceedings|date=April 15, 2016|publisher=Supreme Court of New South Wales|access-date=July 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811062758/http://www.supremecourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/Pages/SCO2_practiceprocedure/SCO2_vexatiousproceedings.aspx#Istherearegisterofvexatiouslitigantsandtheordersthatapplytothem?|archive-date=2016-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{As of|2019|June}} there were 22 people found to be vexatious litigants in Western Australia.<ref name=":0" />