The Grierson principle that a statutory right of appeal is exhausted once an appeal has been dismissed on the merits applies to applications for leave to appeal under s 118(3) of the District Court of Queensland Act 1967 (Qld), not only to appeals under s 668D of the Criminal Code. Even under the less restrictive approach applicable to prior dismissals of applications for extension of time, an extension will be refused where the delay is unexplained and the proposed grounds lack substance.
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