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“Many participants told the Committee there are relatively few people who might be called vexatious litigants in Victoria, but they can have a significant financial and emotional impact on people they come into contact with,” Mr Scheffer said.

The Committee heard evidence from judges, magistrates, tribunal members, court staff, the legal profession, community legal groups, psychiatrists, government agencies, local councils, businesses and members of the community. “Yet the Committee found there was very little available information about vexatious litigants, how many there are in Victoria’s justice system and why they start to behave this way.” “Some other states and territories have reformed their vexatious litigant laws in recent years,” Mr Scheffer said. This power has been used only 15 times in Victoria in the last 80 years.” The Supreme Court can make an order stopping a vexatious litigant from continuing or commencing legal proceedings without leave. “Victoria introduced specific laws to deal with vexatious litigants in 1928. Sometimes they sue the same people over the same issues again and again.” But a minority of people repeatedly bring legal proceedings that have no merit. The Chair of the Committee Mr Johan Scheffer MLC said that, “access to the courts is an important part of Victoria’s democracy. The Victorian Parliament’s Law Reform Committee today released a report calling for a new approach to vexatious litigants in Victoria’s justice system. Parliamentary Committee calls for new approach to vexatious litigants

28 April 2008: Parliamentary Committee Inquiry into Vexatious Litigants.

4 December 2008: Parliamentary Committee calls for new approach to vexatious litigants.

Last Updated: Monday, 01 November 2010 14:34 If you would like a hard copy of the report, or if you have any other questions relating to the inquiry, please contact the Committee on (03) 8682 2851 or Releases The report is available for download as a pdf file 3.86 Mb. The Committee made 32 recommendations aimed at preventing and managing vexatious litigants in the justice system where possible, and restricting access to the courts only in serious cases. The Committee tabled its final report in Parliament on 4 December 2008.

The Committee was asked to look into the effect that vexatious litigants have on the court systems and on the people or companies who they take court proceedings against, and whether the current laws are effective in dealing with vexatious litigants. Vexatious litigants are people who repeatedly begin court proceedings without any reasonable grounds for their cases. The Law Reform Committee was given terms of reference for the inquiry into vexatious litigants with the final report to be tabled in Parliament by 4 December 2008.