Rinehart v Rinehart

An application for leave to appeal was made by the applicant, Mrs Rinehart, against an order made by Ward CJ in Eq on 17 December 2020. The respondent was also Mrs Rinehart. The nature of the dispute between the parties is not detailed in the provided text. The application for leave to appeal was heard by Macfarlan and McCallum JJA.

The primary legal issue before the Court of Appeal was whether the proposed appeal had any significant prospect of success, or whether it raised an important issue of principle or a question of general public importance. These are the established criteria for granting leave to appeal in this jurisdiction.

The Court of Appeal concluded that the proposed appeal had no significant prospect of success and did not raise any important issue of principle or question of general public importance. Consequently, the application for leave to appeal was dismissed.

The orders made by Ward CJ in Eq on 17 December 2020 were therefore upheld, and the application for leave to appeal against those orders was dismissed.