The Court dismissed an application for extension of time to seek judicial review of an AAT no-jurisdiction decision, finding a 140-day delay was considerable, the explanation attributing delay to a former agent was inadequate and unsupported by evidence, and all proposed grounds were without merit as they challenged the merits of protection claims rather than the Tribunal's jurisdictional finding. The Court confirmed that notification of the delegate's decision sent to the applicant's nominated email address was valid under ss 66, 494B and 494C of the Migration Act, and that a claimed lack of access to the email account, without supporting evidence, does not displace the statutory deeming provisions.
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