The Court of Appeal dismissed a self-represented applicant's second application for a stay of first-instance orders and for referral for pro bono legal assistance. The stay was refused because the applicant provided no new material altering the earlier finding that the appeal lacked sufficient prospects of success. The pro bono referral was refused on the basis that the Court should ordinarily be reluctant to grant such referrals where the matter appears to lack merit, and the lateness of the application (with the appeal hearing only five weeks away) weighed further against the order.
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