Applicants S134-2002, Ex parte - Re MIMIA & Anor, Plaintiff S157-2002 v The Commonwealth

The applicants, identified as S134-2002, sought leave to appeal from a decision of the Federal Court of Australia. The respondents were MIMIA and another party, and the plaintiff in the underlying matter was identified as S157-2002, bringing proceedings against the Commonwealth. The application for leave to appeal was heard by Gummow J in chambers.

The central legal issue before Gummow J was whether the applicants had established a sufficient arguable case to warrant the grant of leave to appeal. This involved assessing the merits of the proposed grounds of appeal against the decision of the Federal Court.

Gummow J considered the nature of the application for leave to appeal and the threshold required for its grant. The judge's reasoning would have focused on whether the applicants had demonstrated that their appeal had a real prospect of success or, alternatively, that there was some other compelling reason for the appeal to be heard. The principles governing the grant of leave to appeal, particularly in the context of interlocutory or final decisions, would have been applied.

No specific orders or outcome are detailed in the provided text, as it only indicates the judge hearing the application in chambers.