The case confirms that in the ACT Court of Appeal, leave to appeal from interlocutory decisions will be refused where the applicant cannot demonstrate that the decisions are attended with sufficient doubt to warrant reconsideration and that substantial injustice would result. Fresh evidence not before the primary judge cannot retrospectively cast doubt on interlocutory decisions properly made on the material then available, particularly where the applicant retains the capacity to pursue further applications in the substantive proceedings.
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