The Décor Corporation test (sufficient doubt plus substantial injustice) applies to applications for leave to appeal under s 118 of the District Court Act 1967 (Qld). Findings of fact by a District Court exercising appellate jurisdiction are not matters that attract the Court of Appeal's interest on a leave application. The question whether rr 283, 290 and 371 of the UCPR have altered the right to set aside irregularly entered default judgments ex debito justitiae remains open.
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