The Grim Parade: Supreme Court of Canada Self Represented Appellants in 2017

Donald J. Netolitzky; "The Grim Parade: Supreme Court of Canada Self Represented Appellants in 2017" "Self-Represented Litigants are persons who appear in legal proceedings without a lawyer. This study is a document- and court record-based quantitative, statistically valid profile of 122 SRLs who filed 125 leave to appeal applications in the Supreme Court of Canada … Continue reading The Grim Parade: Supreme Court of Canada Self Represented Appellants in 2017

The Institute of Taxation Research and Wayne Levick

The Institute of Taxation Research was formed in 1998, promising that one could make any tax liability voluntary if they used their services. The strategy centered around the proposition that the taxation legislation is invalid, as the whole legal system has no basis in law and the Constitution is invalid, so there is no basis … Continue reading The Institute of Taxation Research and Wayne Levick

The Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument (OPCA) Litigant Case

Jonnette Watson Hamilton; "The Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument (OPCA) Litigant Case" A summary of Meads v. Meads 2012 ABQB 571 https://freemandelusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/the-organized-pseudolegal-commercial-argument-opca-litigant-case.pdf . http://ablawg.ca/2012/10/30/the-organized-pseudolegal-commercial-argument-opca-litigant-case/ https://freemandelusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/the-organized-pseudolegal-commercial-argument-opca-litigant-case.pdf

Bride v Shire of Katanning [2017] WASCA 59

In Shire of Katanning v Bride [No 2] [2016] WASC 314 an order was made under the Vexatious Proceedings Restriction Act 2002 (WA), that: "The first and second defendants, either personally or in a representative capacity, are hereby prohibited from instituting any action, proceeding, appeal, counterclaim or other application in any Court of the State Western … Continue reading Bride v Shire of Katanning [2017] WASCA 59

A new approach to vexatious litigation: Prevention through early intervention by the Registrar

Sterling Law; "A new approach to vexatious litigation: Prevention through early intervention by the Registrar" This paper discusses and analyses vexatious litigants in Queensland and the laws that apply to vexatious proceedings. It involves interviews with some declared vexatious litigants. This paper advocates for a greater involvement by the Registrar when deciding whether to accept … Continue reading A new approach to vexatious litigation: Prevention through early intervention by the Registrar

Vexatious litigants and unusually persistent complainants and petitioners: from querulous paranoia to querulous behaviour

Mullen, P. E.; Lester, G; "Vexatious litigants and unusually persistent complainants and petitioners: from querulous paranoia to querulous behaviour" In the legal profession and courts, a querulant (from the Latin querulus – “complaining”) is a person who obsessively feels wronged, particularly about minor causes of action. In particular the term is used for those who … Continue reading Vexatious litigants and unusually persistent complainants and petitioners: from querulous paranoia to querulous behaviour

David Walter

In Legal Services Commissioner v Walter [2011] QSC 132 the Legal Services Commissioner applied for an injunction to restrain David John Walter from engaging in legal practice in the State of Queensland when not an Australian legal practitioner, after he had repeatedly sought, in many different proceedings, to ventilate a fundamentally misconceived legal argument, and … Continue reading David Walter

Peter Gargan

Despite having been declared a vexatious litigant in 4 jurisdictions in Australia, Peter Alexander Gargan is still very active in the OPCA community, advising Rod Culleton in his matters before the courts, as well as recently travelling to the UK on his behalf attempting to bring a case before the Privy Council. Peter Gargan's litigation history … Continue reading Peter Gargan

Brian Shaw

Brian Shaw argues with a non-existent court One of my favourite passages from Brian Shaw's cases, that really highlights the paradox and internal inconsistency that OPCA litigants in general create for themselves, was stated by Maxwell P in Shaw v Attorney-General for the State of Victoria [2011] VSCA 63 (at 25):  "If the Constitution Act … Continue reading Brian Shaw