Leave to raise an entirely new ground of appeal in a migration matter will be refused where the ground was the subject of an express forensic concession at trial, no adequate explanation is offered for the failure to raise it below, and granting leave would convert the appellate jurisdiction into a de facto first instance trial, subverting the scheme of Part 8 of the Migration Act — even where the proposed ground may have arguable merit.
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