The Queensland Court of Appeal dismissed an application for leave to appeal against interlocutory orders of the District Court, including orders as to costs. The case concerned whether a defendant was required to provide a panel of medical examiners in North Queensland for a plaintiff with a disability who refused to attend examination by a psychiatrist in Brisbane. The Court applied the established principle of reluctance to interfere with the exercise of discretion by a chamber judge in interlocutory matters.
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