The Court refused an extension of time to appeal from a judicial review dismissal in a protection visa case, holding that despite a modest 41-day delay with a reasonable explanation and no prejudice to the Minister, the absence of any arguable ground of appeal was determinative. The Court confirmed that where proposed grounds amount to re-agitation of factual complaints about the Tribunal's credibility findings and weight given to evidence, no jurisdictional error arises, and the prejudice to the applicant from losing the right of appeal is 'more apparent than real.' The judgment also restates the Court's obligations to self-represented protection visa applicants, including reviewing Tribunal and primary judge reasons for self-evident error, while confirming there is no duty to parse decisions to identify potential jurisdictional errors on the applicant's behalf.
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