Maureen Mary Young v Road and Maritime Services

Maureen Mary Young (the applicant) sought leave to appeal from orders made by the court on 30 September 2019, which had dismissed her Notice of Motion. The respondent was the Road and Maritime Services. The matter came before Brereton JA in the Court of Appeal of New South Wales.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether to grant the applicant leave to amend her Summons to add an application for leave to appeal from the earlier orders. A secondary issue, implied by the catchwords, concerned the applicant's eligibility for pro bono assistance, given that such assistance had been granted in the immediately preceding three years.

Brereton JA granted leave to the applicant to amend her Summons to add an application for leave to appeal. The court also directed that any additional documents the applicant intended to rely on for this application be included in a supplementary white book to be served by 21 October 2019. The Notice of Motion was otherwise dismissed, with costs awarded to the respondent.