The Court of Appeal summarily dismissed an appeal from a QCAT decision refusing a stay of a warrant of possession, on multiple grounds: the appellant failed to take any steps to prosecute the appeal, failed to comply with registry timetable directions, the appeal had no utility given the warrant had already been executed, no arguable error was identified, and the appeal was incompetent because leave had not been sought as required by s 150 of the QCAT Act 2009. The decision also confirmed that where a QCAT senior member's decision is made in the appellate division, the QCAT president lacks jurisdiction to hear a further appeal from that decision within QCAT.
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