Dispute Resolution Associates Pty Ltd v Selth (No 2)

In this case, the applicants, Dispute Resolution Associates Pty Ltd and others, sought an extension of time and leave to appeal from the dismissal of their application for an extension of time within which to object to an estimate of costs. The primary decision was made by a Federal Court judge who dismissed the applicants' application for an extension of time in which to object to the Certificate of Taxation. The applicants sought to appeal this decision, but their application for an extension of time and leave to appeal was dismissed by the Full Court. The legal issues that the Full Court was required to decide included whether the applicants had provided an adequate explanation for their delay in filing their application for an extension of time and leave to appeal, and whether the primary decision was attended with sufficient doubt to warrant reconsideration on appeal. The Full Court found that the applicants had not provided a satisfactory explanation for their delay, and that the primary decision was not attended with sufficient doubt to warrant reconsideration on appeal. The Full Court dismissed the applicants' application for an extension of time and leave to appeal, and ordered the parties to provide draft case management orders to the Chambers of Justice Collier in relation to the issue of costs by 4.00 pm on 1 July 2020.