Where proposed grounds of appeal do not address the principal bases on which a primary judge refused leave to amend, the proposed appeal has no real prospects of success and an extension of time to seek leave to appeal will be refused. An applicant seeking leave to appeal from a discretionary refusal of leave to amend must demonstrate House v The King error in the actual grounds relied upon by the primary judge.
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