The Registrar was directed to reject the document under r 6142(3)(b) of the Court Procedures Rules 2006 (ACT). The applicant (Morgan) sought a writ of mandamus compelling the Construction Occupations Registrar to issue a certificate of occupancy and use, in terms virtually identical to an originating application in SC 519 of 2025 that had already been dismissed by the same judge on 3 July 2026. The court held that filing a second application seeking substantially the same relief as a previously determined proceeding constitutes an abuse of process, warranting rejection at the registry stage without the need for a hearing.
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