A deliberate forensic decision by counsel to abandon contentions at trial, not revived on appeal, cannot be characterised as an 'accidental slip or omission' enlivening the slip rule under r 388 UCPR. An application to correct final orders by substituting orders resolving the underlying dispute differently is an application for 'final relief' under r 430(2), rendering hearsay evidence inadmissible. For the purposes of PAMDA Chapter 11, a put and call option deed and the contract formed by exercise of the option are assimilated as a single 'relevant contract', attracting only one cooling-off period commencing when the buyer becomes bound by the option deed.
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