An applicant for leave to appeal from a summary dismissal must identify specific appellable error in the primary judge's reasons and, where the complaint is that leave to amend should have been granted, must provide a proposed amended pleading. A history of repeated unsuccessful litigation on the same subject matter, combined with failure to identify error and failure to provide a proposed pleading, will result in refusal of leave. The preservation by the primary judge of a limited right to litigate specific matters weighs against a finding of substantial injustice.
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