Recent Cases

Ferdinands v Registrar Burns [2024] FCAFC 105 (21 August 2024) (Cheeseman, Goodman and McEvoy JJ)


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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – concurrent appeals – where appellant lodged documents for filing on two separate occasions – where a Registrar on each occasion refused under r 2.26 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) to accept the documents for filing – where separate judicial review applications in respect of each Registrar’s decision – where each primary judge concluded that the relevant Registrar did not err in characterising the documents on their face as an abuse of process, vexatious or frivolous – whether appealable error – Held: appeals dismissed.