Catchwords:

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – procedural fairness – primary judge ordered matter to be determined without an oral hearing pursuant to s 20A of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) – where no issues of fact to be determined – where issue already decided authoritatively – whether applicant denied the opportunity to present his case

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – jurisdiction – appeal from dismissal of application for judicial review of Registrar’s decision to refuse to accept for filing application for leave to appeal – whether application seeks to appeal decision of single judge exercising appellate jurisdiction – whether attempted filing an abuse of process