An applicant seeking leave to appeal out of time against a conviction must demonstrate prospects of success on appeal. Where the challenge is to credibility-based factual findings, the applicant bears a heavy onus of showing the findings were 'glaringly improbable' or 'contrary to compelling inferences', and the absence of such error is fatal to the application regardless of the explanation for delay.
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