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The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by an applicant who sought leave for multiple judicial review applications arising from her criminal conviction and related disclosure issues. The applicant, dissatisfied with both the District Court conviction and subsequent refusals of leave by the High Court to judicially review the matter, repeatedly initiated overlapping and substantially identical proceedings. The Court upheld the High Court's refusal to grant leave, determining that the new application was an abuse of process, largely duplicating previous complaints and seeking to re-litigate resolved issues. The Court also found the allegations of judicial bias and failure by public bodies, as well as the demand for legal aid, to be unfounded. The appeal was dismissed as the applicant failed to advance any arguable or novel ground not already previously determined, and was reminded that criminal disclosure matters are for the trial or appeal courts, not the judicial review process.
judicial review – leave to apply for judicial review – abuse of process – criminal conviction – disclosure orders – legal aid – District Court – High Court – Court of Appeal – res judicata – prolix applications – re-litigation of resolved issues – Rules of the Superior Courts (RSC) – Directive 2012/13/EU – public order offences – refusal to extend time
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