17 Jun 2020
Extension of time to appeal was refused because the applicant failed to give a valid explanation for the delay, advanced no viable grounds or demonstrated any error of law or procedural unfairness in the judge's refusal of leave, and the intended appeal had no real prospect of success; fresh arguments raised for the first time were inadmissible and the appeal would be futile.
28 Aug 2018
The judge did not err in refusing leave because the applicant failed to identify any legal or procedural error by the Board, offered only bare assertions without specifics, and merely re‑argued merits already rejected; absent an arguable error of law or unfairness, the Court will not grant leave to judicially review a Board decision in a non‑refoulement case.
17 Mar 2015
The appeal was dismissed because the trial judge's credibility findings accepting the complainant were rational and supported by the evidence, the independent witness was unreliable, and the medical reports filed on appeal were vague and insufficient to establish accidental contact; therefore the contact was deliberate and indecent and the conviction and sentence stand.