A self-represented litigant's full-time employment, the complexity of the application, and unsuccessful attempts to obtain legal assistance do not constitute an adequate explanation for a 42-day delay in filing an application for leave to appeal. Where a trial judge's adverse credibility findings are based on detailed observations of demeanour and inconsistencies in the evidence, they will not be disturbed on appeal as 'glaringly improbable' or 'contrary to compelling inferences'. A witness's presence in court during another witness's evidence does not render the first witness's evidence inadmissible, and failure to apply for a witness exclusion order through counsel constitutes waiver.
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