THOMAS COURTNEY KEANE v WOOLWORTHS GROUP LTD - [2024] SASCA 87

Applicant: THOMAS COURTNEY KEANE Respondent: WOOLWORTHS GROUP LTD - Solicitor: MINTER ELLISON Hearing Date/s: On the papers File No/s: CIV-24-001255 C SUPREME COURT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Court of Appeal: Civil) DISCLAIMER - Every effort has been made to comply with suppression orders or statutory provisions prohibiting publication that may apply to this judgment. The onus remains on any person using material in the judgment to ensure that the intended use of that material does not breach any such order or provision. Further enquiries may be directed to the Registry of the Court in which it was generated. KEANE v WOOLWORTHS GROUP LTD (No 3) [2024] SASCA 87 Judgment of the Honourable Justice Doyle 25 July 2024 PROCEDURE - STATE AND TERRITORY COURTS: JURISDICTION, POWERS AND GENERALLY - VEXATIOUS LITIGANTS, PROCEEDINGS AND RELATED MATTERS - OTHER MATTERS The applicant has been declared a vexatious litigant pursuant to s 39 of the Supreme Court Act 1935 (Cth). The application is dismissed. Supreme Court Act 1935 (SA) s 39, referred to. Keane v Woolworths Group Ltd [2024] SASCA 15; Keane v Woolworths Group Ltd (No 2) [2024] SASCA 39; Woolworths Group Ltd v Keane [2024] SASC 12, considered. -- 1 of 3 -- -- 2 of 3 -- KEANE v WOOLWORTHS GROUP LTD (No 3) [2024] SASCA 87 Court of Appeal - Civil 1 DOYLE JA: On 2 February 2024, the applicant was declared a vexatious litigant pursuant to s 39 of the Supreme Court Act 1935 (SA).1 He has appealed that decision. 2 The applicant has previously brought applications in these appeal proceedings which have been refused.2 3 In this further application by the applicant, he seeks a number of orders. The application is accompanied by an affidavit and submissions prepared by the applicant. To the extent that I have been able to discern what the applicant seeks, and his bases for seeking it, his concerns seem to be largely related to his underlying and ongoing disputes with the respondent rather than the appeal. 4 No proper basis for the various allegations and complaints made has been identified. But further, and in any event, the allegations and complaints made by the applicant are not legitimately ancillary to the hearing and determination of the applicant’s appeal. 5 The application is dismissed. 1 Woolworths Group Ltd v Keane [2024] SASC 12. 2 Keane v Woolworths Group Ltd (No 2) [2024] SASCA 39; Keane v Woolworths Group Ltd [2024] SASCA 15. -- 3 of 3 --