Pseudolaw adherents in Australia often claim that there is no constitutional source of power for the enactment of the Citizenship Act 1948. They do this, in the belief of the existence of an alternative “special status” which places them outside … Continue reading The Citizenship Act 1948 has no source of power →

Steven Lazarevic was charged by Senior Constable Andrew Tanner with driving while his licence was suspended and using a mobile phone. In the course of the roadside conversation he said: When the case came on before Magistrate McNamara, Steven Lazarevic appeared … Continue reading Lazarevic v Victoria Police [2015] VSC 13 →

Paul Mellersh Monteith was charged for driving while disqualified, in an unregistered vehicle displaying a false number plate. At the mention, he challenged the jurisdiction of the Magistrates’ Court to hear the charges. “Could you please, with respect, Your Honour, … Continue reading Monteith v Fitzgerald [2018] VSC 217 →

The applicant in AGS [2015] QCATA 189 was a vexatious litigant, and sought to re-agitate causes previously found spurious on numerous occasions, filing an application for a declaration that certain legislative and executive acts were invalid for being performed ultra … Continue reading AGS [2015] QCATA 189 →

Peter Markan’s litigation history is interesting, and often humourous. Although there are only a limited number of pseudolaw arguments in his submissions, the notion there exists a grand conspiracy among judges and lawyers is quite profound, and inevitably led to … Continue reading Peter Markan →

Eastern Pastoral obtained judgment for $6,814.32 against Malcolm McFarlane in January 1995. In March 1995 he applied for and obtained an order that the debt be paid by monthly instalments of $150 each, which were paid consistently until October 1996. … Continue reading Malcolm James McFarlane  →

Delmont Purcell owned one of 13 lots in a strata scheme, and was a director of Jaridel Pty Ltd and Nimmitabel Waters Pty Ltd, who each held lots in the strata scheme, which was developed by her family in the mid … Continue reading Delmont Purcell v The Owners – Strata [2021] NSWCATAP 3 →

Carl Melton Hippman and Shan Louise Hippman fell into arrears on loan repayments to the Commonwealth Bank, who subsequently applied an order for possession of the land unless money due under the mortgage was paid within 28 days. Before Holt … Continue reading Carlos v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2020] TASSC 14 →

Heath Cameron Parker appealed from the conviction and orders of a Magistrates Court decision, challenging the jurisdiction of the court, claiming a denial of natural justice as the decision and orders were made in his absence. The appeal was heard … Continue reading Parker v Hatton [2005] QDC 184 →

After Lisa Bootlis lodged income tax returns for the 2020-2021 financial years through her tax agent, she then used the Australian Tax Office online portal to lodged amended income tax returns to claim deductions with the description “TRUST 0009 1480” … Continue reading Bootlis and Commissioner of Taxation (Taxation) [2024] AATA 2723 →

This case is an example of the harm caused by ideas promoted by a “Charles” who is undoubtably “Keith Charles” or Keith-charles: Yeshurun. The influence is described in this decision in paragraphs 156 to 174. After a decision by the … Continue reading Chernikeeff and Civil Aviation Safety Authority [2020] AATA 25 →

Richard Woolley was dissatisfied with the provision of services by the Central Goldfields Shire Council including, amongst other things, refusal to refund his permit application fee, excessive rates increases and “many other things grievously against the peace, order and good … Continue reading In the Matter Of An Application by Richard Woolley For Leave To Issue Or File [2024] HCASJ 32 →

Glyndwr Thornsby Davies was convicted of using a mobile phone while driving. On appeal before Porter KC DCJ in Davies v Department of Transport and Main Roads [2024] QDC 41, he raised only one ground of appeal, being that the … Continue reading Davies v Department of Transport and Main Roads [2024] QDC 41 →

The basic theory of the pseudolaw concept of the “strawman duality” is that one can possess a certain status under law which makes them immune to legislation, a “special status” that inherently exists, independently of the status of a “citizen” … Continue reading The Original Sovereign →

Queensland has now adopted the rule set in Kelly v Fiander regarding the definition of “appear” in relation to the strawman duality theory, after incompetence on behalf of Queensland Police, a deliberate deception by a Police prosecutor, leading to a … Continue reading Re HZX [2024] QSC 168 →

Martin David Handley was charged with a camera-detected speeding offence, and elected to take the matter to trial. He had filed a document seeking to have the charge determined by a “court of competent jurisdiction”, along correspondence from the State … Continue reading Handley v Commissioner of Police [2024] QDC 116 →

In the wake of the 12 December 2022 shootout between Gareth, Stacey and Nathaniel Train at Wieambilla, resulting in the deaths of two Queensland police officers, Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold, and the neighbour Alan Dare, the media erupted into … Continue reading Stop reporting the Wieambilla killers as ‘sovereign citizens’ →

Darren Humphreys is a grazier operating a cattle station, who has owned firearms since he was a teenager and held a weapons licence since it was mandatory to do so. In February 2023, Queensland Police were planning to conduct a … Continue reading Humphreys v Queensland Police Service – Weapons Licensing [2024] QCAT 294 →

Pseudolaw adherent Trevor John Alexander also goes by the name “Galactic Emissary”, of “The Moot Court of Terra Australis Incognito”. He is also involved with several other “Common Law Courts”, as you can see on his Facebook page “The Moot … Continue reading Trevor John Alexander →

Dawn Michelle Kelly is a pseudolaw adherent from Western Australia. She is responsible for a landmark decision in the way the “strawman duality” is dealt with by the Western Australian courts, and I really hope that the reasoning in the … Continue reading Dawn Michelle Kelly →

Following the landmark judicial decision by Vandongen J in Kelly v Fiander [2023] WASC 187, overturning the previous convictions, the case was remitted back to reheard by another magistrate. In November 2023, after attending another trial in the Albany Magistrates … Continue reading Kelly v Fiander [2024] WASC 275 →

In 2018, Melysa Maree Cathcart entered into a residential tenancy agreement in respect of a one-bedroom unit in Footscray, for $1000 per month. The rent ledger kept by John Verduci, the estate agent for the landlord Yun Fei Wang, shows a … Continue reading Cathcart v Wang [2021] VSC 685 →

Andrew Moyle was convicted of four charges of driving an unregistered motor vehicle, contrary to the Road Safety Act 1986. He appealed against the convictions by the Magistrates’ Court in the County Court sitting at Bendigo, which was heard and … Continue reading Moyle v County Court of Victoria [2006] VSC 87 →

In late December 2013, Zenaan Harkness was charged with four offences involving driving unlicensed in an unregistered vehicle and issued with a field notice requiring him to attend court. In April 2014, he filed a notice with the Magistrates’ Court … Continue reading Zenaan Harkness →

Losalini Rainima was involved with the early Australian “common law” group “UPMART” (United People’s Movement Against Road Taxes) operated by Malcolm McClure, who started by selling “Toll Exemption Legal Kits” in 1998, in protest of road tolls, and then “GST Exempt … Continue reading Losalini Rainima →

The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism: “Anti-Government Threats and their Transnational Connections” (March 2024 Report): Anti-Government Extremism (AGE) presents a complex and evolving security challenge, particularly in the transatlantic space. AGE is characterised by anti-system sentiments, and adherents propagate notions of … Continue reading Anti-Government Threats and their Transnational Connections →

Nikolajuk v Commissioner of Police [2024] QDC 96 Download

In 2021, the National Australia Bank commenced proceedings against Patrizia Trani and the Official Trustee in Bankruptcy as Trustee of the Bankrupt Estate of Abraham Diquinzio, to recover possession of land. In 2022, the Prothonotary entered judgment in default of … Continue reading National Australia Bank Ltd v Trani [2023] VSC 142 →

Paul David Annesley was director of Annesley Plant Hire Pty Ltd, regarding whom a 2010 dispute with the Australian Tax Office arose out of a misunderstanding of the company’s liability for Goods and Services Tax. The failure to pay a … Continue reading Paul David Annesley →

In 2010, Westpac Banking Corporation sought to enforce two 2003 mortgages. The first was on a Brighton property, (which Savvas Kanakaridis transferred into Qin Qin Hou’s name in 2007), to which was sought an order for possession and judgment for … Continue reading Savvas Kanakaridis →

Caroline Yip v Roads Corporation [2022] FWC 1547 Download

Saracuna & Siddele (No 5) [2023] FedCFamC1F 166 Download

The Directors of Pecker Maroo Pty Ltd, Stephenie Charlton & Stephen Shanks, were involved with the “Common Law Courts Great Britain & International” in 2020 and created a hoax by registering dozens of names of government departments with ASIC to … Continue reading Pecker Maroo Verano Pty Ltd v Linda Margaret Stevens, Matthew Kenneth Stevens [2024] FWCFB 147 →

Liberty Funding Pty Ltd granted a mortgage to Stephen Ross Douglas and Nella Douglas, which became the subject of litigation. Liberty Funding Pty Ltd v Douglas [2002] VSC 266 was an appeal from an order of Master Evans for money … Continue reading Stephen Ross Douglas →

Keith Charles Harffey goes by the name Keith Charles of the family Harffey, or more recently, Keith-charles: Yeshurun, during his association with the now unavailable website “Commonwealth Custodians”. (“Yeshurun” is another name for the people of Israel). On his LinkedIn … Continue reading Keith-charles: Yeshurun →

Joiner & Anor v The Trustee for the Warren John Dunell Trust [2022] QSC 245 Download

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia commenced proceedings seeking leave to issue a writ of possession, and judgment against John Hester in the sum of $255,312.49 owing under two loan agreements plus interest, and charges and expenses. The defence was prepared … Continue reading John Hester →

Mesha Feet Pty Ltd v Allen acting as Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [2024] FCA 680 Download

Teresa Singh; “A sovereign citizen by any other name? Risks in the terrorism high-risk offender context”: “While the nuisance that ‘sovereign citizens’ pose to courts and authorities across Australia continues to gain media attention, there is much less known about … Continue reading A sovereign citizen by any other name? Risks in the terrorism high-risk offender context →

In 1982, Cuthberts Nominees Pty Ltd (which became Lydiard Financial Services) granted a mortgage to John Moran’s mother, Isabella Bridget Moran and other family members including John Moran, of $135,000 regarding a property at Clarkes Hill. As a result of … Continue reading John Gerard Moran →