The Court of Appeal refused an application for an indemnity certificate under s 15 of the Appeal Costs Fund Act 1973 (Qld) where the application was made over a year out of time, no good reason was advanced for the delay, and the applicant faced the additional difficulty that s 15 applies only to respondents to appeals, not appellants. The Court emphasised that Practice Direction 2 of 2010 requires such applications to be made orally at the hearing or within 14 days of judgment, and that extensive delay imposes unnecessary burdens on the Court including difficulties in securing the availability of panel members.
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