Huang v Lo

HUANG
v
LO
[2022] HCASL 36
B66/2021

A substantial extension of time is required for this application to proceed. In light of the substantial delay and the manner in which the appeal was argued in the Court of Appeal, this application for special leave to appeal from a judgment of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Queensland (Brown J, Fraser JA and Henry J agreeing) does not have sufficient prospects of success to warrant the grant of special leave to appeal. It would therefore be futile to grant an extension of time. The application should be dismissed.
Pursuant to r 41.08.1 of the High Court Rules 2004 (Cth), we direct the Registrar to draw up, sign and seal an order dismissing the application with costs.

M.M. Gordon J.J. Edelman

10 March 2022

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Huang v Lo is a case where the parties were Huang, the appellant, and Lo, the respondent. The dispute was over the outcome of a decision made by the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Queensland. The appeal was related to a significant delay and the manner in which the appeal was argued, which led to the application for special leave to appeal being considered. The High Court was the court that made the decision on the application.

The legal issues the court had to decide involved whether the application for special leave to appeal had sufficient prospects of success and whether it would be futile to grant an extension of time. The court had to consider whether the delay and the way the appeal was argued were enough to warrant the grant of special leave to appeal.

The court decided that the application for special leave to appeal did not have sufficient prospects of success due to the substantial delay and the manner in which the appeal was argued in the Court of Appeal. The court found that granting an extension of time would be futile and therefore dismissed the application. The court also directed the Registrar to draw up, sign, and seal an order dismissing the application with costs.

No further orders were made by the court in this case. The decision was based on the evidence and arguments presented by both parties, and the court found that the application did not meet the necessary criteria for special leave to appeal.

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