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====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 β 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 β 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" />
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