The case is a routine application of the House v The King standard to an application for leave to appeal from a refusal to set aside a default judgment. It confirms that proposed grounds of appeal directed at the merits of a separate, concluded proceeding are misconceived and cannot demonstrate error in the exercise of discretion to refuse to set aside a default judgment in a related but distinct proceeding.
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