The fact that proceedings are bound to be lost does not, of itself, mean they lack reasonable grounds for the purposes of a vexatious litigant declaration under s 67A of the Supreme Court Act 1933 (ACT); the test requires that the issues be 'manifestly hopeless or devoid of merit'. Leave to appeal from an interlocutory decision should be refused where the proposed appeal is futile or an abuse of process.
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