Davey v Council of the Law Society of the ACT [2019] FCA 263

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Davey v Council of the Law Society of the ACT [2019] FCA 263 Appeal from: Practitioner D3 v Council of the Law Society of the ACT [2018] FCA 2080

File number: VID 16 of 2019

Judge: KERR J

Date of judgment: 5 March 2019

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – purported appeal from a decision of a single judge – application for leave to appeal filed out of time – oral application for extension of time within which to seek leave to appeal made – whether decision to dismiss summarily for abuse of process is interlocutory – leave refused

Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 24(1A) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 35.14 ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008 (ACT)

Cases cited: Avetmiss Easy Pty Ltd v Australian Skills Qualifications Authority [2014] FCA 507 Burns v Corbett [2018] HCA 15; 92 ALJR 423 Computer Edge Pty Ltd v Apple Computer Inc [1984] HCA 47; 54 ALR 767 Council of the Law Society of the ACT v Legal Practitioner D3 [2018] ACTSC 45; 331 FLR 132 Crosby v Kelly [2012] FCAFC 96; 203 FCR 451 Décor Corporation Pty Ltd v Dart Industries Inc [1991] FCA 655; 33 FCR 397 Hunter Valley Developments Pty Ltd v Cohen [1984] FCA 186; 3 FCR 344 Kowalski v Complete Exhaust Specialists Marion [2010] FCA 1363 Lui v Secretary, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations [2012] FCA 216 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd [1981] HCA 45; 147 CLR 589 Practitioner D3 v Council of the Law Society of the ACT [2018] FCA 2080 Rana v Google Inc [2017] FCAFC 156; 254 FCR 1 Re Luck [2003] HCA 70; 78 ALJR 177 Re Wakim; Ex parte McNally [1999] HCA 27; 198 CLR 511 Spencer v Commonwealth [2010] HCA 28; 241 CLR 118 SZAJB v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2008] FCAFC 75; 168 FCR 410 SZTRY v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCAFC 86 Wilson v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2000] FCA 304