Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – application to vacate hearing date – COVID-19 pandemic – appellant with chronic medical condition living in the country – difficulty in coming to Sydney to prepare court...
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – stay of judgment pending appeal – capacity of appellant to pay debt –net worth in illiquid form – liquidation of personal assets during COVID-19 pandemic –...
Catchwords: APPEAL – grounds – order of consideration – bias – effect on trial – need to address first BIAS – prejudgment – trial judge expressed views based on filed evidence –...
Catchwords: MIGRATION – appeal from decision of Federal Circuit Court dismissing application for judicial review of decision of Immigration Assessment Authority – where appellant family with children claimed they would be...
Catchwords: TAXATION – application for leave to appeal – where primary judge made interlocutory orders requiring Commissioner of Taxation, a non-party, to provide to the plaintiffs and the Court a redacted...
Catchwords: High Court – Original jurisdiction – Applications for constitutional or other writ – Determination without hearing – Abuse of process – Where plaintiff seeks orders inter alia to quash orders...