Conomy v Maden

The applicant, Conomy, sought reinstatement of his application for special leave to appeal before the High Court of Australia. The dispute concerned the applicant's failure to meet filing deadlines for his special leave application.

The primary legal issue before the Court was whether to grant the applicant's summons for reinstatement of his application for special leave to appeal, and consequently, whether to extend the time for filing the necessary documents. This required the Court to consider the application of rule 13.03.1 of the High Court Rules 2004 (Cth) concerning the determination of summonses on the papers.

The Court determined the matter on the papers, as permitted by rule 13.03.1. It reasoned that the applicant's circumstances warranted the relief sought. Accordingly, the Court ordered the reinstatement of the applicant's application for special leave to appeal and extended the time for filing the required documents until 4.00 pm on 29 July 2016, accepting the documents in the form exhibited to the applicant's affidavit.