Lucy Klewer: Coffs Harbour serial court litigant denies stalking tenant
Known as one of the most prolific litigants in NSW, a mid-north coast mum with a history of failed legal action is again back in court after she dragged her tenant out of bed and threatened to hit her with a glass jar.
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One of the state’s most serial litigants has again found herself on a NSW court list.
Repeat courtroom pest Lucy Patricia Klewer, who was once declared one of the worst vexatious litigants in the state, is now appealing criminal convictions in the District Court.
Klewer, a mid-north coast mother with a chequered history in the justice system, was previously prevented from launching legal proceedings after winning just one out of 60 cases brought forward.
Most notably, they ranged from suing her son’s headmaster after she was removed from the Lismore school after verbally abusing staff and launching legal action against a nurse who swore at her.
Her return to the courts come after she was convicted on two charges of stalking/intimidating and one of common assault in the Coffs Harbour Local Court in 2018.
She is appealing her stalking conviction which saw her handed an eight month community corrections order.
However, having been declared a “vexatious litigant”, a judge denied her permission to appeal the convictions given the order against her meant she could only bring legal proceedings forward with the approval of the Supreme Court.
That decision has now been overturned and Klewer can appeal the conviction she received two years ago.
She is appealing on the basis that “the evidence by the prosecution was neither credible nor reliable”, court documents state.
Her appeal has since been sent back to the District Court.
The Supreme Court can order that someone be listed as a vexatious litigant if they are seen to be abusing the legal process.
The orders are generally made against people who have a long resume of draining court resources and costing their opponents millions of dollars in legal bills as well as delaying genuine cases.
Her convictions stem from an early morning incident at her Pacific Bay Resort rental units where she dragged her female tenant out of bed and threatened to hit her with a glass jar and then threatening a neighbouring male tenant with a rock when he attempted to intervene.
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