Harmful Proceedings Orders are being made more often it would seem and also in property proceedings, as opposed to parenting matters. In the case of Vaughan (No 2) [2025] FedCFamC1A 159 His Honour, Schonell J, determined an attempt by the applicant to cross-appeal from a decision in Vaughan & Vaughan (No 6) [2025] FedCFamC1F 531.
Padgett [2025] FedCFamC1A 140 involved proceedings in both the Magistrates Court of Western Australia and the Family Court of Western Australia where a ‘Harmful Proceedings’ Order had been made against the Applicant, Ms Padgett. Prior to May 2024 this was quite commonly referred to as the litigant having been declared a vexatious litigant and was generally the result of a litigant having filed multiple proceedings which were, quite often, doomed from the outset.
Harmful Proceedings Orders are being made more often it would seem and also in property proceedings, as opposed to parenting matters. In the case of Vaughan (No 2) [2025] FedCFamC1A 159 His Honour, Schonell J, determined an attempt by the applicant to cross-appeal from a decision in Vaughan & Vaughan (No 6) [2025] FedCFamC1F 531.
Padgett [2025] FedCFamC1A 140 involved proceedings in both the Magistrates Court of Western Australia and the Family Court of Western Australia where a ‘Harmful Proceedings’ Order had been made against the Applicant, Ms Padgett. Prior to May 2024 this was quite commonly referred to as the litigant having been declared a vexatious litigant and was generally the result of a litigant having filed multiple proceedings which were, quite often, doomed from the outset.
