Catchwords:

CIVIL PROCEDURE – Pleadings – Striking out –Appeal against striking out of Statement of Claim in full – Where quantum of damages claimed identical to value of real property subject to family law proceedings – Whether proceedings brought for an improper or collateral purpose and thus an abuse of process – No sufficient basis for finding of abuse – Whether District Court erred in striking out applicant’s statement of claim as defective in form – Whether reasonable causes of action – Statement of claim not so defective as to justify striking out

TORTS – Malicious prosecution – Damage – Where limitations on recoverability of costs in subject proceedings – Whether legal costs of defence and lost earnings are actionable damage

TORTS – Malicious prosecution – Elements – Whether malice and absence of reasonable or probable cause adequately particularised – Whether necessary to show that prosecutor prejudiced by false information – Whether Apprehend Domestic Violence Order proceedings capable of founding malicious prosecution claim

TORTS – Trespass to land – Damage – Whether distress to children of claimant actionable damage