Dunstan and Raines (No 2)

In *Dunstan and Raines (No 2)*, Benjamin J of the Supreme Court of South Australia considered an application by the respondent for an adjournment of proceedings. The nature of the underlying dispute is not detailed in the provided text, but the immediate issue before the court was the respondent's request to postpone the hearing.

The central legal issue before Benjamin J was whether the respondent's application for an adjournment should be granted. This required the court to consider the grounds upon which an adjournment might be granted and to weigh the interests of the parties and the administration of justice in determining the appropriateness of a postponement.

Benjamin J dismissed the respondent's oral application for adjournment. The reasoning behind this decision is not elaborated upon in the provided text, but the outcome indicates that the court found insufficient grounds to grant the requested delay. Consequently, the proceedings were not adjourned.