Catchwords:

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — apprehended bias — appeal and applications to extend time and for leave to appeal in three separate matters-where applicant’s claims of apprehended bias were without merit and properly refused in each case — where relief claimed in one proceeding was in any event inutile and claim was correctly dismissed — appeal and applications for leave to appeal each to be dismissed with costs following determination whether the applicant should be the subject of a vexatious proceedings order

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — Consideration of invoking procedure for making a vexatious proceedings order — where applicant has initiated many matters with little or no merit — where present matters devoid of merit and an abuse of process — orders made facilitating the hearing of whether a vexatious proceedings order should be made in respect of the applicant.