A litigant's well-founded disillusionment with the administration of justice caused by unconscionable delays in the court system may constitute a 'special circumstance' justifying leave to appeal out of time under r 5405(2) of the Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT). The content of the right to compensation for unlawful detention under s 18(7) of the Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT), including the availability of vindicatory damages, remains unresolved at the appellate level in the ACT, with conflicting first instance decisions.
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