A court may proceed in the absence of a party and refuse an adjournment where the documentary material demonstrates the proceedings have no reasonable or realistic prospects of success, as there is no utility in delaying the inevitable. A summons seeking relief from a court must identify a statutory right of appeal, a decision amenable to judicial review, or some other recognised cause of action; a summons that fails to do so is liable to summary dismissal as manifestly groundless.
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