Dixon v Child Support Registrar

In *Dixon v Child Support Registrar*, heard by Judge Cassidy, the applicant sought leave to proceed with an appeal against a decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) concerning child support. The applicant also sought leave to proceed with this appeal out of time.

The court was required to determine whether to grant the applicant leave to proceed with the appeal, and if so, whether to grant leave to proceed out of time. A further issue was the substantive merit of the applicant's proposed appeal.

Judge Cassidy dismissed the application for leave to proceed and the application for leave to proceed out of time, finding that the substantive application lacked merit. Consequently, the court ordered that the applicant pay the respondent's costs, fixed at $6,948, within twenty-eight days.