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ARTICLE · 16 JUNE 2022

Laws relating to vexatious proceedings and vexatious litigants in NSW

Vexatious litigants in NSW are prohibited from commencing civil proceedings without leave of the court.

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Sydney property developer and former deputy mayor of Auburn City Council, Salim Mehajer, has been added the list of those who commence 'vexatious proceedings' in New South Wales, and his civil claim against 17 former associated has been stopped in its tracks.

No stranger to the law

Mr Mehajer is certainly no stranger to the justice system.

In 2014, he pleaded guilty to failing to declare political donations and, in 2018, was sentenced to 21 months in prison after being found guilty of 77 counts of electoral fraud stemming from a 2012 NSW Government election.

Mr Mehajer has also been convicted of assaulting a taxi driver and a reporter, as well as supplying a prohibited drug, dishonestly destroying or damaging property for financial gain and negligent driving in relation to a staged car accident that occurred when he was due to face court over his assault charges.

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