High Court Practice – Second special leave application where special leave previously refused - Registrar directed by a Justice to refuse to issue process without leave of a Justice first had and obtained - Application for such leave - Principles governing reopening of special leave application - Nature and purpose of such application - Powers of the High Court to reopen hearing of application - Whether exceptional circumstances established to warrant reopening - Whether change of circumstances shown - Whether ground proposed was argued and considered in original special leave hearing.
Practice and procedure – Interlocutory orders - Reopening of interlocutory determination - High Court practice - Special leave application - Special leave refused - Application to reopen - Principles applicable to reopening - Whether exceptional circumstances demonstrated - Whether change of circumstances shown.
Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) – s 35A.
Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) – s 178A.
High Court Rules – O 58 r 4(3), O 69A r 9.
Judgment date
Case number
S73/2001
Before
Kirby J
Catchwords