La Mela v Franklexis Pty Ltd & Anor La Mela v Franklexis Pty Ltd & Anor

LA MELA
v
FRANKLEXIS PTY LTD & ANOR
LA MELA
v
FRANKLEXIS PTY LTD & ANOR
[2021] HCASL 10
P30/2020
P31/2020

An extension of time is required for these applications for special leave to appeal from a judgment of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Western Australia to proceed. The application in P30/2020 involves questions of practice and procedure. An appeal to this Court would have no prospects of success. And an appeal to this Court in P31/2020 would also have no prospects of success. It would therefore be futile to grant an extension of time for either application. The applications 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 applications.

P.A. Keane J.J. Edelman

10 February 2021

CaseChat Overview and Summary

The parties involved in the case are La Mela and Franklexis Pty Ltd & Anor. The nature of the dispute is an appeal for an extension of time for applications for special leave to appeal a judgment from the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. The applications were lodged in P30/2020 and P31/2020. The court involved in this case is the High Court of Australia. The legal issues that the court was required to decide were whether the applications for an extension of time should be granted or dismissed, and whether an appeal to this court would have any prospects of success.

The court's reasoning was based on the principles of practice and procedure, as well as the prospects of success of an appeal. The court found that an extension of time for the applications in P30/2020 and P31/2020 would be futile as there was no prospect of success for either appeal. The court also found that the applications did not meet the necessary criteria for an extension of time. Therefore, the court dismissed the applications.

The final orders of the court were to dismiss the applications for an extension of time for the appeals in P30/2020 and P31/2020. The court also directed the Registrar to draw up, sign, and seal an order dismissing the applications. The judges Keane and Edelman made this decision on February 10, 2021. This decision highlights the importance of meeting the necessary criteria for an extension of time and the futility of pursuing an appeal with no prospects of success.

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