Practitioners seeking extensions of time for judicial review should note that the merits threshold remains 'fairly arguable case' even where delay is significant, and that time spent pursuing legitimate alternative remedies (such as IRC proceedings) will generally explain delay. The case also foreshadows a substantive challenge to whether procedural fairness must be afforded before dismissal of parliamentary electorate staff under s 20 of the Members of Parliament Staff Act 2013 (NSW), following Jarratt and Badari.
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