O'Keefe & Anor. v Eccleston

The applicants, O'Keefe and another, sought leave to appeal a decision of the New South Wales Court of Appeal. The nature of the underlying dispute between the parties, O'Keefe and Eccleston, is not detailed in the provided text.

The primary legal issue before the Court of Appeal was whether to grant the applicants leave to appeal. This necessarily involved an assessment of the merits of the proposed appeal and whether it raised a question of law of sufficient importance to warrant further consideration.

The Court of Appeal, comprising Hodgson JA, Ipp JA, and Handley AJA, considered the application for leave to appeal. After deliberation, the Court determined that leave to appeal should not be granted.

Consequently, the application for leave to appeal was dismissed, and the applicants were ordered to pay the costs of the proceedings.