It is against the interests of justice and an abuse of process to allow proceedings to be reopened when the issues have been decided by a competent tribunal and the party proposes to institute a separate appeal against that tribunal's decision.
Pullin JA
An appeal ground based on a misrepresentation of the reasons of the court below can have no reasonable prospect of succeeding. A party cannot use an appeal to the District Court as a vehicle to set aside a decision of the State Administrative Tribunal; the proper course is a direct appeal against the SAT decision.
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