Request to extend time for international protection appeal refused due to inadequate explanation for delay

The High Court refused relief to a Jordanian national who sought judicial review of a tribunal's refusal to extend time for appealing a negative international protection decision. The applicant argued that the tribunal had been unfair by failing to seek additional information before refusing his extension request and that it retained jurisdiction to reconsider its earlier refusal due to administrative error by his solicitor. The court found that there was no obligation on the tribunal to invite further submissions and that its powers were strictly statutory, allowing only limited corrections but not a substantive reconsideration. The applicant's arguments were rejected and costs were awarded to the respondents.