Editing Vexatious litigation (section)

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{{As of|2019|June}}, 21 people in Victoria had been declared vexatious litigants since the law was introduced in 1930.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="DJ Lindsey">{{cite news | first=Fergus | last=Shiel | title=Annoying litigant is back | date=2006-04-10 | url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/annoying-litigant-is-back/2006/04/09/1144521210696.html | work=[[The Age]] | access-date=2008-07-06 | location=Melbourne | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119005732/http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/annoying-litigant-is-back/2006/04/09/1144521210696.html | archive-date=2008-11-19 | url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[High Court of Australia]] declared only four people to be vexatious litigants in its 116 years in existence {{As of|2019|June|lc=y}},<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Dillon|first=Meagan|date=2019-06-26|title=Meet some of Australia's most high-profile legal pests|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-27/more-than-100-people-declared-australian-vexatious-litigants/11225640|access-date=2020-08-20|website=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Barnett|first=Katy|date=28 March 2019|title=High Court declares fourth ever vexatious litigant|url=https://legalwiseseminars.com.au/high-court-declares-fourth-ever-vexatious-litigant/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412093154/https://legalwiseseminars.com.au/high-court-declares-fourth-ever-vexatious-litigant/|archive-date=2020-04-12|access-date=2020-08-20|website=Legalwise Seminars|language=en-AU}}</ref> whereas the Australian [[Federal Court of Australia|Federal Court]] system, established in 1976, has at least 49 names on its barred registry.<ref name=":0" />

In [[New South Wales]], {{As of|2019|June|lc=y}} there were 43 people on the [[New South Wales Supreme Court]]'s vexatious litigants register.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.supremecourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/Pages/SCO2_practiceprocedure/SCO2_vexatiousproceedings.aspx#Istherearegisterofvexatiouslitigantsandtheordersthatapplytothem?|title=Vexatious Proceedings|date=April 15, 2016|publisher=Supreme Court of New South Wales|access-date=July 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811062758/http://www.supremecourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/Pages/SCO2_practiceprocedure/SCO2_vexatiousproceedings.aspx#Istherearegisterofvexatiouslitigantsandtheordersthatapplytothem?|archive-date=2016-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{As of|2019|June}} there were 22 people found to be vexatious litigants in Western Australia.<ref name=":0" />