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\par 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid3177925\charrsid3345522 FIJI INDUSTRIES LIMITED
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3177925\charrsid3345522 Petitioner
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid3177925\charrsid3345522 NATIONAL UNION OF FACTORY AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3177925\charrsid3345522 
\par Respondent
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid13570490\charrsid3686883 
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\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212\charrsid3345522 on. Mr. Justice Suresh Chandra, Judge of the Supreme Court 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522 \tab \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11601613\charrsid3345522 Hon. Mr.  Justice Brian Keith, Judge of the Supreme Court
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Hon. Mr. Justice William Calanchini, Judge of the Supreme Court
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8743057\charrsid3345522 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3177925\charrsid3345522 Counsel }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522 :}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3177925\charrsid3345522      \tab M}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2634076\charrsid3345522 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3177925\charrsid3345522 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2634076\charrsid3345522 
 U. Kunatuba for}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3177925\charrsid3345522  Petitioner
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\f0\fs24\insrsid2634076\charrsid3345522 V. Maharaj }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3177925\charrsid3345522 for Respondent
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\par Date of Hearing:  12 October 2017
\par 
\par Date of Judgment:   2}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11601613\charrsid3345522 7}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3177925\charrsid3345522  October 2017
\par 
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\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid12786715\charrsid2124212 Chandra J}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
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\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12786715\charrsid2309739 I agree with the reasoning and conclusion of Keith J.
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\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7564682 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7564682\charrsid7564682 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid12786715\charrsid2124212 Keith J}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid12786715\charrsid2124212 :}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid12786715 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid2124212 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid6256337\charrsid2124212 Introduction}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid6256337 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\insrsid3345522 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12786715\charrsid474243 2}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid15623110\charrsid474243 .     }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15623110\charrsid474243 This case relates to an employme}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10839796\charrsid474243 nt dispute.  The employer}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14377438\charrsid474243 s wish}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15623110\charrsid474243 
 to appeal against a decision of the Employment Relations Court}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10839796\charrsid474243 .  The twist in the story is that }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14377438\charrsid474243 
their}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15623110\charrsid474243  solicitors filed the notice of appeal out of time, and a single judge of the Court of Appeal refused to extend the time for filing it.  The employer}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14377438\charrsid474243 s now seek}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15623110\charrsid474243  leave to appeal to the Supreme Court from that refusal.  It is a little difficult at first blush
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\f0\fs24\insrsid10839796\charrsid474243 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15623110\charrsid474243  or a matter which is otherwise of substantial general interest t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9665396\charrsid474243 o the administration of justice - which are, of course, the only three circumstances in which the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5125416\charrsid474243 Supreme Court can grant }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9665396\charrsid474243 leave to appeal.  The employer}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14377438\charrsid474243 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9665396\charrsid474243 
 seek to overcome that hurdle by arguing}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 , among other things,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9665396\charrsid474243  that the underlying dispute }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10839796\charrsid474243 raises at least one of these matters, and that the merits of the dispute are such as to make i}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5125416\charrsid474243 
t at least arguable that}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10839796\charrsid474243  leave to appeal should be granted.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10839796 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 3.     }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11877308 T}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 he c}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6256337\charrsid474243 a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 se is a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid6256337\charrsid474243  salutory reminder }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14377438\charrsid474243 of what can happen if it takes an inordinate length of time for a case to be decided in the courts.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10839796\charrsid474243   In brief, the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6256337\charrsid474243  employer}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14377438\charrsid474243 s were}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6256337\charrsid474243  ordered to reinstate one}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14377438\charrsid474243  of their}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid4526805\charrsid474243  empl}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7679182\charrsid474243 oyees}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14377438\charrsid474243 .  They were}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid6256337\charrsid474243  also ordered to pay the emp}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4526805\charrsid474243 loyee }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 the equivalent of }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4526805\charrsid474243 three months' pay, and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6256337\charrsid474243 the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5850230\charrsid474243 
employee was to be treated as if he had been on unpaid}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7679182\charrsid474243  leave for the rest of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5850230\charrsid474243 the }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6256337\charrsid474243 period}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7679182\charrsid474243  between his dismissal and his reinstatement.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid5850230\charrsid474243   The employer}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14377438\charrsid474243 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5850230\charrsid474243 
 brought an application for judicial review challenging the award, and the High Court stayed the award, presumably until the application for judicial review had be
en disposed of.  However, it took four years for the court to hand down its judgment on the application for judicial review.  It dismissed the application, and in due course the employee was rein}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid7679182\charrsid474243 stated, and the Employment Relations Tribunal subsequently ordered him to be paid }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7349130\charrsid474243 the equivalent of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid7679182\charrsid474243 his salary from the date when he should have been reinstated.  The employer}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14377438\charrsid474243 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid7679182\charrsid474243  appealed, and the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9714259\charrsid474243 question for }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212\charrsid474243 the Employment}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9714259\charrsid474243  Relations Court was }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5850230\charrsid474243 whether in these circumstances the emplo}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid7349130\charrsid474243 yee should be compensated}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10839796\charrsid474243  for the period }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7349130\charrsid474243 he was out of work }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10839796\charrsid474243 between }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5259335\charrsid474243 
when his reinstatement would have taken place but for the stay and the date of his actual reinstatement.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9714259\charrsid474243 The Employment Relations Court decided that he was entit}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7349130\charrsid474243 led to be compensated}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5259335\charrsid474243  for }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9714259\charrsid474243 that period.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4526805 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 4}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10839796\charrsid474243 .     }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10839796\charrsid474243 The course which the proceedings have taken so far is}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5850230\charrsid474243  of some importance, and I trust that I will be fo}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10839796\charrsid474243 rgiven for going into it}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5850230\charrsid474243  in some detail. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9845315 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9845315\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid10839796\charrsid2124212 The course of the proceedings}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid6256337 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid3345522 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 5}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9845315\charrsid474243 .   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid10839796\charrsid474243 The employee's dismissal}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10839796\charrsid474243 .  The employee }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7949538\charrsid474243 is Anisi Vaja.  His employer}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8936748\charrsid474243 s are}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7949538\charrsid474243  the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10515086\charrsid474243 petitioner, Fiji Industries Ltd ("the company").}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid7949538\charrsid474243   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10515086\charrsid474243 Its main business is the manufacture of cement.  Mr Vaja}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7949538\charrsid474243 
 had been employed by}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10515086\charrsid474243  the company}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7949538\charrsid474243 
 for 15 years and had an impeccable record.  He was dismissed from his employment on 9 January 2006 following an inci
dent at a Christmas party at which he was alleged to have assaulted a fellow employee.  Mr Vaja's case was taken up by his trade union, the National Union of Factory and Commercial Workers}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13981022\charrsid474243  ("the u}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7949538\charrsid474243 nion"),}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4872333\charrsid474243 
 the respondent to the petition, and in due course the dispute was referred by the Ministry of Labour to an arbitration }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212\charrsid474243 tribunal under}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid4872333\charrsid474243  section 6(1) of the Trade Disputes Act (Cap 97).}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9845315 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 6}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4872333\charrsid474243 .     }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11601613 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid4872333\charrsid474243 The}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243  arbitration}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid4872333\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid344584\charrsid474243 tribunal's }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid4872333\charrsid474243 a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid344584\charrsid474243 ward}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4872333\charrsid474243 .  The }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243 arbitration }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4872333\charrsid474243 
tribunal's award was dated 7 May 2007.  The}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243  arbitration}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4872333\charrsid474243  tribunal found that}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7353713\charrsid474243 
 that Mr Vaja had indeed assaulted his fellow employee and had done so in the presence of others.  But it found that there were extenuating circumstances, and not just his long service and his excellent disciplinary record.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13981022\charrsid474243 His brother
 had recently died, the difference of opinion with his fellow employee had been over a personal matter relating to his brother's death and had not related to anything at work, and Mr Vaja had apologised at the first available opportunity for what he had d
one.  In the circumstances, the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243 arbitration }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13981022\charrsid474243 
tribunal thought that Mr Vaja's dismissal was harsh and unreasonable when seen against the background of the collecti}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10515086\charrsid474243 ve agreement between the company}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13981022\charrsid474243 
 and the union, and it ordered his reinstatement not later than 14 days after the "publication" of the award.  The award is regarded as "published" when it is made available for collection by the parties, and that would have been within a day or so of its
 promulgation.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13981022 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 7}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13981022\charrsid474243 .     }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11601613 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13981022\charrsid474243 In addition, the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243 arbitration }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13981022\charrsid474243 
tribunal awarded Mr Vaja the equivalent of three months' pay for the period between his dismissal and his reinstatement,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7025490\charrsid474243  adding that "}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13981022\charrsid474243 the balance of the period is to be treated as leave without pay}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7025490\charrsid474243 ".  In 
other words, although over 16 months would have elapsed between his dismissal and when he had to be reinstated by, he was to be compensated for less than a quarter of that period.  The }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243 arbitration }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7025490\charrsid474243 tribunal did not say why it limited the award in that way. 
 It is possible, I suppose, that Mr Vaja had got another job in the meantime, and his net loss amounted to the equivalent of three months' pay.  But there is nothing in the award to suggest that, and it is much more likely that the }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243 arbitration }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7025490\charrsid474243 tribunal tho
ught that Mr Vaja had been to some extent the author of his own misfortune by the way his behaviour had contributed to his dismissal.  There is some support for that in another element of the award, w}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10515086\charrsid474243 hich was that the company}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7025490\charrsid474243  was entitled to place a final 
warning on Mr Vaja's personnel file over the incident.  But that is just speculation on our part: the fact is that the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243 arbitration }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid7025490\charrsid474243 tribunal did not spell out its reasons for that part of the award.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6168216 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-540\li540\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin540\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 8}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid6168216\charrsid474243 .     }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11601613 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid6168216\charrsid474243 The stay on the award}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid6168216\charrsid474243 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10515086\charrsid474243   The company}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6168216\charrsid474243  decided to ch
allenge the award by an application for judicial review.  The notice of motion was dated 18 May 2007.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14691127\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6366430\charrsid474243 
 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid344584\charrsid474243 The respondents to the application were the arbitration tribunal and the union.  The application }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14691127\charrsid474243 
first came before the court on 30 May 2007.  Although the notice of motion had not }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6168216\charrsid474243 included an application for a stay on the enforcement of the awar}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14691127\charrsid474243 d, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6168216\charrsid474243 Byrne J }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14691127\charrsid474243 stayed the award "until further order"}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6168216\charrsid474243 .  There is no written ruling about}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6561098\charrsid474243  the stay in the court f
ile, but Byrne J must have concluded that Mr Vaja should not be reinstated until it was known whether the challenge to the order for his reinstatement had succeeded.  His thinking }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid394980\charrsid474243 
almost certainly }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6561098\charrsid474243 would have been that if the challenge were to succeed, it would be}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10515086\charrsid474243 
 unfair to saddle the company}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6561098\charrsid474243  for the time being with an employee who was not going to be reinstated.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4872333 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-540\li540\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin540\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 9}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid8392885\charrsid474243 .     }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11601613 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid344584\charrsid474243 The progress}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid8392885\charrsid474243  of the application for judicial review}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8392885\charrsid474243 .  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid344584\charrsid474243 All }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14691127\charrsid474243 parties wanted the hearing of the application to be heard as soon as possible, 
and on 24 August 2007 it was ordered that the application should be expedited.  The parties were ordered to file written submissions.  The company did so on}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid344584\charrsid474243  22 November 2007, the}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243  arbitration}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid344584\charrsid474243  tribunal did so on 11 January 2008, and the union did so on 31 January 2008.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8392885\charrsid474243 The application }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11696644\charrsid474243 came }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8847604\charrsid474243 
before Jitoko J on 10 July 2008.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11696644\charrsid474243 After full argument that day, he reserved judgment.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11696644 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-540\li540\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin540\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 10}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid11696644\charrsid474243 .     }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11601613 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11696644\charrsid474243 It is well known that }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12078505\charrsid474243 on}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7499033\charrsid474243  10 April 2009 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12728607\charrsid474243 all the judges in Fiji were r}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12078505\charrsid474243 e}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12728607\charrsid474243 moved from their posts.  By then}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12078505\charrsid474243 
 Jitoko J had }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11565568\charrsid474243 regrettably }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12078505\charrsid474243 not handed down judgment }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid11600217\charrsid474243 on the application, even though nine months had elapsed since the hearing.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12078505\charrsid474243 
Many of the judges were reappointed but Jitoko J was not.  That meant that the application had to be determined afresh by another judge.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11565568\charrsid474243 Calan
chini J (as he then was) took over Jitoko J's outstanding work, but unfortunately the file was never brought to his attention.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12728607\charrsid474243 Ev}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12078505\charrsid474243 entually the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11565568\charrsid474243 file was given to }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12078505\charrsid474243 Wati J}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11565568\charrsid474243 , and the application was listed before her}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12078505\charrsid474243  on 30 August 2010.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid11565568\charrsid474243 By then the case had been assigned to Hettiarachchi J, and so Wati J }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12078505\charrsid474243 ordered a preliminary hearing }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid11565568\charrsid474243 before him }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12078505\charrsid474243 to determine whether a further hearing was}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14377438\charrsid474243 
 really necessary, or whether t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12078505\charrsid474243 he application could be determined on the basis of the written submissions.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid14377438\charrsid474243 A}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12728607\charrsid474243 ll parties were cont
ent with the latter course, and on 29 November 2010, Hettiarachchi J went along with what the parties wanted.  He said that he would hand down judgment on 15 February 2011.  In the event, he did not do so until 7 October 2011}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8392885\charrsid474243 , over four years after}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11600217\charrsid474243  the app
lication was first made, and over 10 months since he had agreed to decide the case on the parties' written submissions.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12728607\charrsid474243   T}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12666603\charrsid474243 he consequence }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12728607\charrsid474243 of all this }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12666603\charrsid474243 
was that Mr Vaja was left in limbo for a very long time. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12728607\charrsid474243   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12666603\charrsid474243 As}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12728607\charrsid474243  it was, Hettiarachchi J}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12666603\charrsid474243  concluded that there had been no error of law on the part of the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243 arbitration }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8847604\charrsid474243 tribunal, and he}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12666603\charrsid474243  dismissed the claim.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14377438\charrsid474243   There was to be no appeal from that decision.  It meant that there was no longer any issue over Mr Vaja's reinstatement.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12666603 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 11}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11601613 .     \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12666603\charrsid474243 A curious feature of the 
application for judicial review is that the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12075285\charrsid474243 re is nothing which tells us that}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12666603\charrsid474243  leave for t}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12075285\charrsid474243 he}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12666603\charrsid474243  application to be broug}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12075285\charrsid474243 
ht had been given}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12666603\charrsid474243 .  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12075285\charrsid474243 There is no reference to the grant of leave in Hettiarachchi J's judgment.  He }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3814408\charrsid474243 must}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12075285\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12728607\charrsid474243 have }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12075285\charrsid474243 assumed that leave had been given.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12728607\charrsid474243 Nor is there any reference to the grant of leave in the court file.  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12075285\charrsid474243 On the other hand, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12666603\charrsid474243 Byrne J is unli}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12075285\charrsid474243 kely to have stayed the award if he had}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12666603\charrsid474243  not at the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12075285\charrsid474243 
 same time been giving leave for the application to proceed, and we have to assume that by mistake the order giving leave had not been included in the order of 30 May 2007 when it was dawn up two days later.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid8392885 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 12}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12075285\charrsid474243 .     }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11601613 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid11160800\charrsid474243 The dispute over Mr Vaja's compensation}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11160800\charrsid474243 .  Mr Vaja was reinstated on 13 December 2011.  We do n}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10515086\charrsid474243 ot know why it took the company}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11160800\charrsid474243  over two months to do that.  After all, he should have been reinstated }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14377438\charrsid474243 immediately }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11160800\charrsid474243 if the original award }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14377438\charrsid474243 
(which had survived the challenge to it) }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1595884\charrsid474243 w}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11160800\charrsid474243 as to be complied with.  But}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1595884\charrsid474243  the real dispute be}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10515086\charrsid474243 tween the union and the company}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1595884\charrsid474243 
 was over how Mr Vaja was to be compensated.  The dispute did not relate to the period from his dismissal to the date of the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243 arbitration }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid1595884\charrsid474243 tribunal's original award.  That had been dealt with by the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243  arbitration}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid1595884\charrsid474243  tribunal: Mr Vaja was to be paid the equivalent of three months' pay for tha
t period.  The dispute related to the period from when Mr Vaja should have been reinstated, ie within 14 days of 7 May 2007 (give or take a day or so), and the date when he was actually reinstated, ie 13 December 2011}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid4151867\charrsid474243 .  The union argued that he should be compensated for the who}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10515086\charrsid474243 le of that period.  The company}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid4151867\charrsid474243  argued that he should not.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11160800\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11565568 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-810\li810\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin810\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 13}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid11565568\charrsid474243 .   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15994534 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11565568\charrsid474243 In order to get the issue resolved, the union applied }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12859968\charrsid474243 on 26 April 2012 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11565568\charrsid474243 to the Employment Relations Trib}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid91533\charrsid474243 unal ("the ERT")}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11565568\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11672424\charrsid474243 (a) }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid11565568\charrsid474243 for an order requiring the company to comply with the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12859968\charrsid474243 original a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid11565568\charrsid474243 ward ma}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11672424\charrsid474243 de by the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243 arbitration }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11672424\charrsid474243 tribunal, and (b) for }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11565568\charrsid474243 any further order which the ERT thought appropriate.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12859968\charrsid474243   Since the company had already complied with the award by reinstating Mr Vaja (albeit a little late) and by paying him the equivalent of three months' pay for the period up to when he would have been reins}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9849695\charrsid474243 tated but for the stay}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12859968\charrsid474243 , the relief which the union was really seeking for Mr Vaja }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2297184\charrsid474243 under (b) }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12859968\charrsid474243 was the equivalent of his salary from then unti
l his actual reinstatement.  The ERT's decision on this application was given on 6 June 2013.  It held that Mr Vaja's reinstatement should be "effective" 14 days after the original award - in other words, that Mr Vaja should be treated as having been rein
stated}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9331966\charrsid474243  by 21 May}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3673933\charrsid474243 
 2007 - and that he should be "renumerated accordingly" .  It is common ground that what the ERT meant by that was that Mr Vaja should b}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9331966\charrsid474243 e paid the equivalent of his salary}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3673933\charrsid474243  in respe}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9331966\charrsid474243 ct of the period from 21 May}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid3673933\charrsid474243  2007 and the date of his actual reinstatement, ie 13 December 2011.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12859968\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3673933 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-810\li810\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin810\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 14}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid3673933\charrsid474243 .    }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11601613 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid3673933\charrsid474243 The appeal to the Employment Relations Court}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3673933\charrsid474243 .  The company was dissatisfied with this outcome.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2887671\charrsid474243 
  It decided to appeal to the Employment Relations Court ("the ERC").  It purported to do so by a notice of appeal filed on 5 July 2013.  I say "purported" to do so because it was filed one day out of time.  An appeal to the ERC has to be made within 28 d
ays of the date of the decision of the ERT: see section 242(2) of the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid91533\charrsid474243 Employment Relations }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2887671\charrsid474243 Act}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid91533\charrsid474243  2007 ("the Act")}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2887671\charrsid474243 .  However, neither the ERC }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid1783231\charrsid474243 n}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2887671\charrsid474243 or the union picked that up, and if the company's legal team were aware of that, they did not mention it.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1794662 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 15}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1794662\charrsid474243 .    }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11601613 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1794662\charrsid474243 The appeal was heard by Wati J on 18 September 2014.  She reserved judgment, handing down her }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14293520\charrsid474243 judgment almost 15 months later}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1794662\charrsid474243  on 1 December 2015.  She dismissed the appeal, and ordered the company to pay Mr Vaja "all the wages for the period he was not reinstated pursuant to an award of the [arbitration t
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9122173\charrsid474243 
ribunal]".  Although she did not say so in so many words, she must have intended to exclude the period from Mr Vaja's dismissal until 7 May 2007 because his compensation for that period had been limited to 
the equivalent of three months' pay, and he had already been paid it.  She must have been referr}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid355385\charrsid474243 ing to the period from 21 May }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9122173\charrsid474243 2007 (the date on which he would have had to be reinstated by but for the stay}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11600217\charrsid474243 , give or take a day or two}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9122173\charrsid474243 ) to 13 December 2011 (the date when he was actually reinstated).  This is the decision }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid355385\charrsid474243 from }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9122173\charrsid474243 which the company wishes to appeal.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7349130\charrsid474243 
  The ERC is a division of the High Court (see section 219 of the Act), so since Wati J's decision was made in the exercise of t
he High Court's appellate jurisdiction, an appeal lay to the Court of Appeal only on a question of law: see section 3(4) of the Court of Appeal Act (Cap 12).}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9122173 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 16}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9122173\charrsid474243 .     }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11601613 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid9122173\charrsid474243 The application for leave to appeal out of time}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9122173\charrsid474243 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid8277224\charrsid474243   The time for filing the not}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid355385\charrsid474243 ice of appeal to t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7349130\charrsid474243 
he Court of Appeal was 28 days}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid355385\charrsid474243  after 1 December 2015 when Wati J'}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7349130\charrsid474243 
s judgment was delivered: see section 245(3) of the Act}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid355385\charrsid474243 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7679224\charrsid474243 
 The company did not file a notice of appeal within that time, and on 27 January 2016 it filed a summons seeking an extension of time f}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7349130\charrsid474243 or filing it.  By then it was 29}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7679224\charrsid474243  days late.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10490111\charrsid474243 
The evidence before the Court of Appeal was that the company had notified its solicitors on 15 December 2015 that it wished to appeal against Wati J's judgment, but that its solicitors had }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid8277224\charrsid474243 mistakenly }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10490111\charrsid474243 thought }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7349130\charrsid474243 
(a) that the time limit was six weeks because that was the usual time limit for filing a notice of appeal to the Court of Appeal (see rule 16 of the Court of Appeal Rules), and (b) }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10490111\charrsid474243 that }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8277224\charrsid474243 the time would not run during }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10490111\charrsid474243 the }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8277224\charrsid474243 intervening }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10490111\charrsid474243 legal vacation}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8277224\charrsid474243 . 
 Accordingly, when they tried to file the notice of appeal on 22 January}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11095688\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8277224\charrsid474243 
2016, they were not permitted to do so because by then the time for filing it had expired.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7679224\charrsid474243   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7679224 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 17}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7679224\charrsid474243 .     }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11601613 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7679224\charrsid474243 The summons was heard by}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12341882\charrsid474243 
 Guneratne JA, sitting as a single judge of the Court of Appeal pursuant to section 20(1)(b) of the Court of Appeal Act (Cap 12).}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7679224\charrsid474243   By his ruling dated 17 June 2016, he}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8277224\charrsid474243  refused to extend the company's time for filing the notice of appeal, and it is from that ruling that the company now petition}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid5125416\charrsid474243 s the Supreme Court for }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8277224\charrsid474243 leave to appeal.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12341882 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid1062444 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid11211408\charrsid2634076 The relevant principles}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid7679224\charrsid2634076  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid12075285 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid3345522\charrsid2634076 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 18}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12341882\charrsid474243 .     The factors which the courts in Fiji will consider when determining}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9897899\charrsid474243  an }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12341882\charrsid474243 application for an extension of time for filing a notice of appeal are well known.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9897899\charrsid474243   They were set out by Gates P in }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid9897899\charrsid7882800 Native Land Trust Board v Khan}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9897899\charrsid474243  [2013] FJSC 1 at [3]:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9897899 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri386\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin386\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1062444 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-90\li1080\ri386\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin386\lin1080\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1653703 "}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9897899\charrsid474243 (i)  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8290066 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9897899\charrsid474243 The reason for the failure to file within time.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li990\ri386\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin386\lin990\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9897899\charrsid474243 (ii)  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid8290066 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9897899\charrsid474243 The length of the delay.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi270\li720\ri386\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin386\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9897899\charrsid474243 (iii) }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid8290066 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9897899\charrsid474243 Whether there is a ground of merit justifying the appellate court's }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8290066 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi720\li720\ri386\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin386\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9897899\charrsid474243 consideration.
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi270\li720\ri386\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin386\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9897899\charrsid474243 (iv) }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid8290066 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9897899\charrsid474243 Where there has been substantial delay, nonetheless is there a ground of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8290066 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi720\li720\ri386\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin386\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9897899\charrsid474243 appeal that will probably succeed?
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li990\ri386\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin386\lin990\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9897899\charrsid474243 (v)  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid8290066 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9897899\charrsid474243 If time is enlarged, will the Respondent be substantially prejudiced?}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4945733\charrsid474243 "}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9897899 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li720\ri26\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin26\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1062444 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11353362\charrsid474243 As Calanchini P observed in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid11353362\charrsid1653703 Habib Bank Ltd v Ali's Civil Engineering Ltd}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12257087\charrsid474243  [2015] FJCA 47 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11353362\charrsid474243 at [15]:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11353362 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1062444 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li990\ri386\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin386\lin990\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11353362\charrsid474243 
"These matters should be considered in the context of whether it would be just in all the circumstances to grant or refuse the application.  The onus is on the Appellant to show that in all the circumstances it would be just to grant the application."}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11353362 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li0\ri26\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin26\lin0\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1062444 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li720\ri26\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin26\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12519737\charrsid474243 To this one might add what was said in }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid12519737\charrsid1653703 Avery v Public Service Appeal Board (No 2)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12519737\charrsid474243 
 (1973) 2 NZLR 86, namely that "[i]n order to determine the justice of any particular case the court should ... have regard to the whole history of the matter, including the conduct of the parties".}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12519737 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li567\ri386\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin386\lin567\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri26\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin26\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 19}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10904077\charrsid474243 .     }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10904077\charrsid474243 
For my part, I would add a couple of things to all that.  Since the reason for the delay is an important factor to be taken into account, it is essential that the reason is properly explained - preferably on affidavit - so that the court is not having to 
speculate about why the time limit was not complied with.  And when the court is considering the reason for the delay, the court should take into account whether the failure to observe the time limit was deliberate or not.  It will be more difficult to }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14441533\charrsid474243 just
ify the former, and the court may be readier to extend time if it was always intended to comply with the time limit but the non-compliance arose as a result of a mistake of some kind.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10904077 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2634076 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 20}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11211408\charrsid474243 .     There are a number of ca}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid4945733\charrsid474243 ses in which the courts }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11211408\charrsid474243 have had to con
sider applications for an extension of time for filing the notice of appeal where the failure to file it in time was the fault of the party's legal advisers.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4945733\charrsid474243 
  There is no rule that just because the litigant has not been at fault, he can escape the conseque
nces of a mistake on the part of his lawyers.  Nor is there any rule that because lawyers are expected not to make the sort of mistake which results in a notice of appeal not b}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid745460\charrsid474243 
eing filed in time, the litigant}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4945733\charrsid474243  can never escape the consequences of such a mistake.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10633425\charrsid474243 
It depends on the facts of each case.  As Sir Wilfred Greene MR (as he then was) said in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid10633425\charrsid15994534 Gatti v Shoosmith}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10633425\charrsid474243  [1939] 3 All E R 916 at p 919G-H:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10633425 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2634076\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li1440\ri567\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin567\lin1440\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15994534\charrsid474243 \'93...}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10633425\charrsid474243  the fact that the omission to appeal in due time was due to a mistake on the part of a legal adviser, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid10633425\charrsid474243 may}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10633425\charrsid474243  be a sufficient cause to justify the court in exercising its discretion. ... [T]here is nothing in the nature}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid684808\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10633425\charrsid474243 of such a mistake to exclude it from being a proper ground for allowing the appeal to be effective though out of time; and whether the matter shall be so treated must depend }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid684808\charrsid474243 up}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10633425\charrsid474243 on t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid684808\charrsid474243 he fa}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10633425\charrsid474243 cts}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid684808\charrsid474243  of each individual case."  (Emphasis supplied)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid684808 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid684808\charrsid474243 
That remains the position today, and the facts which the court no doubt had in mind would have been the length of the delay, the extent to which the other party has been prejudiced by that delay, and the merits of the proposed appeal.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid684808 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2124212 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 21}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid684808\charrsid474243 .     It has been said that the approach taken by the Court of Appeal in Fiji to m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13856353\charrsid474243 istakes by}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid684808\charrsid474243  legal practitioners as a ground for extending the time for filing a notice of appeal has hardened over the years: see, for example, the observations of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13856353\charrsid474243  Calanchini P in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid13856353\charrsid15994534 Vunimoli Sawmill Ltd v Amrit Sen}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5865132\charrsid474243 
 [2013] FJCA 140}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13856353\charrsid474243 .  At [14] he cited }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid13856353\charrsid474243 Vimal }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid13856353\charrsid15994534 Construction and Joinery Works Ltd v Bimal Prakash}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13856353\charrsid474243  [2008] FJCA 98 as an example of that.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid5865132\charrsid474243   The Court }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid745460\charrsid474243 had }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5865132\charrsid474243 said:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid5865132 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li1080\ri567\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin567\lin1080\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5865132\charrsid474243 "[15]  ... li}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid8938472\charrsid474243 tigants should not assume that }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5865132\charrsid474243 
leave will be given to bring or maintain appeals or other applications where those appeals or applications are out
 of time unless there are clear and cogent reasons for doing so.  A contention as to incompetence of legal advisers will rarely be sufficient and, where it }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8938472\charrsid474243 i}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5865132\charrsid474243 s, evidence 'in the nature of flagrant or serious incompetence' (}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid5865132\charrsid474243 R v Birks}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid5865132\charrsid474243  (1990) NSWLR 677) is required.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5865132 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5865132\charrsid474243 [16]   In this Court's view it is}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8938472\charrsid474243 
 difficult to see why 'merit' of the appeal or proceeding, without more, would justify an extension of time except where the delay was minimal and no prejudice was occasioned by a respondent." }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8938472 

\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8743057 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 22}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid1465338\charrsid474243 .     }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8938472\charrsid474243 In my opinion, when the court said }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1335887\charrsid474243 at}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1465338\charrsid474243  [15] that}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8938472\charrsid474243 
 a "contention as to incompetence of legal advisers will rarely be sufficient", it was saying that such a contention would rarely be sufficient }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid8938472\charrsid474243 on its own}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8938472\charrsid474243 .  In other words, there was no basis for saying that mistakes on the part of the lawyers }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1465338\charrsid474243 
should be an automatic gateway to permitting the appeal to proceed.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8938472\charrsid474243 There would have to be other factors in favour of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid1465338\charrsid474243  allowing that to happen, such as only minimal delay, the absence of serious prejudice to the other party and a reasonable chance of success}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8938472\charrsid474243 
 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1465338\charrsid474243 in the appeal itself.  By the sam}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1335887\charrsid474243 e token, the court was saying at}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid1465338\charrsid474243  [16] that a good chance of success in the appeal would not normally be enough.  The delay would have to be minimal, and the other party would not have to be prejudiced by that delay. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1335887 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7482317\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 23}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1335887\charrsid474243 .    }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1335887\charrsid474243 Guneratne JA has himself added to the jurisprudence on this topic.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid997097\charrsid474243   In }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid997097\charrsid15994534 Ghim Li Fashion (Fiji) Ltd v Ba Town Council}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13068292\charrsid474243  [2014] FJCA 192}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid997097\charrsid474243 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1465338\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13068292\charrsid474243 he said at [27}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid997097\charrsid474243 ] that the law was as follows:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid997097 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-450\li1530\ri386\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin386\lin1530\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid997097\charrsid474243 "(i)  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid7882800 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid997097\charrsid474243 That, even where the length 
and the reasons for the delay are adequately explained to the satisfaction of Court, if an appellant is unable to satisfy Court as to his or her chances of success in appeal if the application for extension is to be granted, then the appli}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8026780\charrsid474243 cation must be rejected;}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid997097 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li1080\ri386\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin386\lin1080\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1062444\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-360\li1440\ri386\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin386\lin1440\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid997097\charrsid474243 (ii) }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid7882800 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid997097\charrsid474243 That, even if an appellant fails to satisfy court as }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8026780\charrsid474243 t}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid997097\charrsid474243 o the length and reasons for the delay, nevertheless a Court shall allow an}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10779391\charrsid474243  extension of time if it }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid997097\charrsid474243 is satisfied that, an appellant has a reasonable chance of success should an application were to be granted}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8026780\charrsid474243 ;}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid997097 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li1080\ri386\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin386\lin1080\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1062444\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-513\li1440\ri386\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin386\lin1440\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10779391\charrsid474243   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid997097\charrsid474243 (iii)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7882800 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\ul\insrsid8026780\charrsid474243 Unless}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid8026780\charrsid474243  t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid997097\charrsid474243 he reason for the delay is owing to a mistake or misconception as to}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10779391\charrsid474243  the correct applicable legal position on the part of lawyers."}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10779391 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-153\li1080\ri386\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin386\lin1080\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7882800 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li720\ri26\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin26\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10779391\charrsid474243 Guneratne JA }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10425408\charrsid474243 endorsed these propositions in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid10425408\charrsid11539188 Gregory Clark v Zip Fiji}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10425408\charrsid474243  [2014] FJCA }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1843300\charrsid474243 189}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10425408\charrsid474243 , adding}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid6892862\charrsid474243  that he would welcome}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10779391\charrsid474243  the views of the Full Court or the Supreme Court on these propositions.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid997097\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1465338\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8938472 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li567\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin567\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7482317 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 24}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 .\tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10779391\charrsid474243 Proposition (iii) is the one which is the most rel}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10425408\charrsid474243 
evant to the present discussion, but I want to comment}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8026780\charrsid474243  briefly}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10425408\charrsid474243  on propositions (i) and (ii) as well.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1843300\charrsid474243   Their effect, subject to proposition (iii), is to make the merits of the appeal the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid745460\charrsid474243 
paramount, indeed the decisive}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1843300\charrsid474243 , consideration.  In my view, that goes too far.  There may be cases where the merits of the appeal ma
y not be that good, but where the overall interests of justice mean that the litigant should not be denied the opportunity of having his appeal heard.  By the same token, there may be cases where the merits of the appeal are strong, but the prejudice caus
ed to the other party if the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13580119\charrsid474243 appeal was allowed to proceed would be}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1843300\charrsid474243 
 so substantial that it would be an affront to justice for the delay to be excused.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14513104 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7482317 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 25}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14513104\charrsid474243 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1843300\charrsid474243 The bottom line here is that each case should be considered on its facts, with none of the factors 
which the court is required to take into account trumping any of the others.  Each factor is to be given such weight as the court thinks appropriate in the particular case.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13057214\charrsid474243 
  In the final analysis, the court is engaged on a balancing exercise, reconciling as best it can a number of competing interests.  Those interests include the need}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13580119\charrsid474243 
 to ensure that }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13057214\charrsid474243 time limits are observed, the desirability of litigants having their appeals heard even if procedural requirements may not have been complied with}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14513104\charrsid474243 , the undesira
bility of appeals being allowed to proceed which have little or no chance of success, and the prospect of litigants who were successful in the lower court having to face a challenge to the decision much later than they could reasonably have expected.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14513104 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7482317 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 2}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 6}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14513104\charrsid474243 .  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7482317 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14513104\charrsid474243 I turn to proposition (iii).  This puts mistakes on the part of an appellant's legal adv}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid6977413\charrsid474243 isers in a different category from}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14513104\charrsid474243  errors made by the litigant himself.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid6977413\charrsid474243   Guneratne }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1184094\charrsid474243 JA }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6977413\charrsid474243 explained the rationale for that in }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid6977413\charrsid15994534 Gregory Clark}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid6977413\charrsid15994534 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6977413\charrsid474243 
  After quoting Lord Atkin's well-known statement in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid6977413\charrsid15994534 Evans v Bartlam}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6977413\charrsid474243  [1937] AC 473 at p 479}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1184094\charrsid474243  that "there is not and never has been a presumption that every one knows the law ... [but] [t]here is the rule that ignorance of the law does not excuse ...", Guneratne JA said:}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1184094 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15994534\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li1080\ri567\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin567\lin1080\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1184094\charrsid474243 
"[16]   That principle must be applied with greater force in the case of lawyers.  Laymen cannot be expected to know the law, for otherwise there will not be any need for a legal profession.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1184094 

\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15994534  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1184094\charrsid474243 [17]   The harshness of the principle may be rel
axed in a fit situation to laymen but ought not to be so where lawyers are concerned, at least, not to the same extent in its application to laymen."}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6907474 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 27}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid5382063\charrsid474243 .   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 \tab F}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5382063\charrsid474243 or my part, I would not }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid6907474\charrsid474243 tre}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5382063\charrsid474243 at mistakes made by lawyers as being in an}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6907474\charrsid474243 
 exceptional category for this purpose.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5382063\charrsid474243   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7482317\charrsid474243 A mistake}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid5382063\charrsid474243  by a lawyer in the course of a case will by definition be in a legal context, and that mistake is no worse qualitatively than a layman's mistake in a non-legal context.  Indeed, it might be said that if th
e mistake is that of the lawyer rather than that of the litigant, that is more of a reason for the litigant not to be penalised as a result of it.  You could argue that he should not have to lose out because of someone else's mistake.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10834890\charrsid474243   And}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12257087\charrsid474243  although Tompkins JA }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6048145\charrsid474243 may have }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12257087\charrsid474243 thought otherwise in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid12257087\charrsid7882800 Native Lan}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid6048145\charrsid7882800 d Trust Board v Subramani}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12257087\charrsid474243  [2004] FJCA}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10834890\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6048145\charrsid474243 20 at [8], it}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10834890\charrsid474243  w}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12257087\charrsid474243 ould, I think, }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10834890\charrsid474243 be no answer to that to say that the litigant can always sue his lawyer for such losses as arise from his inability to proceed with his appeal.
  It would be unfair to require him to bring satellite proceedings which would inevitably be vigorously defended by the lawyers - and particularly their insurers - on the basis that the appeal would have failed anyway.  In my opinion, the fact that the mi
stake was m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13580119\charrsid474243 ade by lawyers is just one}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10834890\charrsid474243 
 matter to be taken into account in the whole scheme of things, but it can in no way be decisive.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11353362\charrsid474243   Guneratne JA ackn}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10834890\charrsid474243 owledged that himself}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11353362\charrsid474243 , I think, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10834890\charrsid474243 
when he added to proposition (iii) the words "at least, not to the same extent in its application to laymen".}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6048145 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7482317 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-153\li113\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin113\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid11353362\charrsid7482317   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid10516420\charrsid7482317 Guneratne JA's ruling}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid11353362\charrsid7482317  in this case}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid11353362 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid3345522 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 28}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid11353362\charrsid474243 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10904077\charrsid474243    }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid4941871\charrsid474243 Mistakes by lawyers}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4941871\charrsid474243 .  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10904077\charrsid474243 Guneratne JA }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13905029\charrsid474243 t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5268590\charrsid474243 
ouched on the issue which he had addressed previously about the significance of the mistake having been made by lawyers.  But he did not 
refer to either of the two cases in which he had concluded that there is a difference between mistakes by lawyers and mistakes by laymen.  Instead, he asked, ec}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13905029\charrsid474243 h}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5268590\charrsid474243 oing what had been said in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid5268590\charrsid7882800 Vimal Construction}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid5268590\charrsid474243 , whether the failure to check whether the time for filing a notice of appeal to the Court of Appeal ran during the court vacation was }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13905029\charrsid474243 
mere incompetence or "in the nature of flagrant or serious incompetence".  However, having posed that question, he did not proceed to answer it.  Instead, he fo}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4941871\charrsid474243 cused on th
e length and reason}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13905029\charrsid474243  for the delay, the prejudice which Mr Vaja would have to put up with if time was extended, and the merits of the proposed appeal.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13905029 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2634076 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 29}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13905029\charrsid474243 .    }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid4941871\charrsid474243 The length and reason for the delay}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4941871\charrsid474243 .  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13905029\charrsid474243 
Guneratne JA }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7349130\charrsid474243 thought}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12737505\charrsid474243  that the delay had been for }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10904077\charrsid474243 only 15 days, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7349130\charrsid474243 
because like the company's solicitors he was unaware of the special time limit for filing a notice of appeal from decisions of the ERC.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12737505\charrsid474243 
In fact the delay had been for 29 days.  But however long the delay had been for, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10904077\charrsid474243 he thought that the delay was inexcusable.  I agree with him.  The solicitors should hav}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12737505\charrsid474243 e checked what}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10904077\charrsid474243  the time for filing a notice of appeal to the Court of Appeal }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12737505\charrsid474243 from the ERC was and whether it }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10904077\charrsid474243 ran during the legal vacation.  They had no excuse for not doing}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14441533\charrsid474243  that.  Guneratne JA did not say in so many words that the failure to observe the time limit was not deliberate, but he must have appreciated that because he characterised it as a mistake.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2761073\charrsid474243   What is more contentious is what he had to say about the prejudice to Mr Vaja if the appeal was allowed }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1207513\charrsid474243 to proceed}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2761073\charrsid474243 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10516420 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2634076 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 30}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10516420\charrsid474243 .     }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid2761073\charrsid474243 The }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid4941871\charrsid474243 prejudice to Mr Vaja}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4941871\charrsid474243 .  The }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2761073\charrsid474243 relevant p}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10516420\charrsid474243 rejudice is the further delay which would have }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid11089251\charrsid474243 been }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10516420\charrsid474243 avoided if the notice of appeal had been filed in time.  It should have }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12737505\charrsid474243 been filed by 29 December 2015}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13905029\charrsid474243 .  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10516420\charrsid474243 Guneratne JA's ruling wa}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13905029\charrsid474243 s handed down on 17 June 2016, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10516420\charrsid474243 
so if Guneratne JA had extended time, the delay caused by the failure to comply with the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12737505\charrsid474243 time limit would have been }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10516420\charrsid474243 over five months.  Any delay has its consequence}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13905029\charrsid474243 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10516420\charrsid474243 
, but in the context of this case - in which Mr Vaja had been denied the reinstatement to which he wa}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14301945\charrsid474243 s entitled for over four and a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10516420\charrsid474243  half years, and in which he had been waiting for the equivalent of his remuneration for that period for over a fu}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1990399\charrsid474243 
rther four years up to the date }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10516420\charrsid474243 when the notice of appeal should have been filed - }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1990399\charrsid474243 many peopl}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12737505\charrsid474243 e might say that a delay of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1990399\charrsid474243  over}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12986747\charrsid474243  five}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10516420\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid10516420\charrsid474243 further}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12986747\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10516420\charrsid474243 months}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1990399\charrsid474243 
 was not significant.  Guneratne JA took a different view.  He thought that the prejudice caused to Mr Vaja }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12737505\charrsid474243 if the appeal was allowed to proceed }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1990399\charrsid474243 outweighed the prejudice to the company if the appeal was not allowed to proceed.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1990399 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2634076 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5259335\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 31}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1990399\charrsid474243 .  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1990399\charrsid474243 Had I been deciding the case myself, I might well have r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 
eached a different conclusion.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188\charrsid474243  If}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1990399\charrsid474243  the company's time was not extended, it would have been denied t}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1120921\charrsid474243 he opportunity to argue that Mr Vaja sho
uld not have been awarded the equivalent of his pay for those four years.  That is a significant downside when compared to the need for Mr Vaja to have to wait for a further five months for the appeal to be determined.  But this is not my discretion to ex
ercise.  It was that of Guneratne JA, and I cannot say that his conclusion on the issue of prejudice was outside the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7936043\charrsid474243  generous ambit within which}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1120921\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7936043\charrsid474243 reasonable disagreement is possible}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1120921\charrsid474243 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1990399 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15994534 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 32}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid263984\charrsid474243 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid263984\charrsid474243 There is a related point here.  There is a suggestion that Guneratne JA regard}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12986747\charrsid474243 ed the many y}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid263984\charrsid474243 ears which Mr Vaja had to wait for}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7165815\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid263984\charrsid474243 
his reinstatement and then the addition}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7165815\charrsid474243 al time h}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15152756\charrsid474243 e}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid7165815\charrsid474243  had to wait to be }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid263984\charrsid474243 compensated for }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7165815\charrsid474243 
that as relevant to the question of prejudice.  To the extent that Guneratne JA did that, it is said that he should have taken into account }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6892862\charrsid474243 as well }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7165815\charrsid474243 the prejudice caused to the company}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15152756\charrsid474243  by the lengthy delay in the determination}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid7165815\charrsid474243  of i}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15152756\charrsid474243 t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7165815\charrsid474243 
s application for judicial review - delay for which the company was in no way responsible.  Had the application been considered and dismisse
d much earlier as it should have been, the company would have reinstated Mr Vaja much earlier.  The company now has to pay compensation for a very long period when it did not have the benefit of his services.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid263984 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14883157 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 33}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7165815\charrsid474243 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7165815\charrsid474243 However, none of this is rel}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14972790\charrsid474243 e}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7165815\charrsid474243 vant 
prejudice.  The only relevant prejudice is the prejudice occasioned by the failur}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14972790\charrsid474243 e}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7165815\charrsid474243  to fi}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1009253\charrsid474243 le the notice of appeal in time}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7165815\charrsid474243 
, and the consequential delay of just over five months.  It is true that Guneratne JA referred to the fa}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14972790\charrsid474243 c}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid7165815\charrsid474243 t that Mr Vaja "had been deprived of the fruits of his victory for several years" without referring at the sam}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14972790\charrsid474243 e time to the consequences f}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7165815\charrsid474243 or the com}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6892862\charrsid474243 pany of the delay in the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid7165815\charrsid474243 determination of its application for judicial review.  But I think that Guneratne JA}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14972790\charrsid474243  referred to that prejudice onl}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7165815\charrsid474243 y in order to put the relevant prejudice in its proper context.  That is borne out by the fact that he st}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14972790\charrsid474243 
arted his discussion on the iss}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7165815\charrsid474243 ue of prejudice}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14972790\charrsid474243 
 by referring to the lapse of time only between the judgment of the ERC and his own judgment.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7165815 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14883157 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-153\li113\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin113\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid13328779\charrsid14883157   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\f0\fs24\insrsid13905029\charrsid14883157  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid4941871\charrsid14883157 Th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid13328779\charrsid14883157 e merits of the proposed appeal}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid4941871\charrsid14883157   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid13328779 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid14883157 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243   34}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13328779\charrsid474243 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13905029\charrsid474243 That brings me to the merits of the proposed appeal.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9972862\charrsid474243 Since the delay was relatively short, the question for Guneratne JA was whether there was a ground of appeal of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13905029\charrsid474243 
sufficient merit to justify an extension of time for filing the notice of appeal.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9972862\charrsid474243 Guneratne JA was not persuaded that there was.  In the light of that, coupled with}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14553428\charrsid474243  the view}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9972862\charrsid474243 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14553428\charrsid474243  he had taken about the leng}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9972862\charrsid474243 th and reason for the delay as well as}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14553428\charrsid474243  the prejudice to Mr Vaja if the appeal was allowed to proceed}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9972862\charrsid474243  (neither of which were, in  my opinion, legally flawed),}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14553428\charrsid474243  he decided not to extend the company's time f}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9972862\charrsid474243 or filing the notice of appeal.  So the only remaining question is whether there was indeed a ground of appeal of sufficient merit to justify an extension of time.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12737505\charrsid474243   As I have already said, such a ground of appeal had to be on a question of law.  Guneratne JA did not mention that, and I therefore cannot say whether he had that in mind.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9972862\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13905029 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 35}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9972862\charrsid474243 .     There were ten grounds of appeal in the notice of appeal which the company proposed to file.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13328779\charrsid474243   Guneratne JA distilled }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12737505\charrsid474243 
them into three core arguments, all of which did indeed in my opinion raise questions of law.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid91533 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14883157 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 36}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid91533\charrsid474243 .    }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid91533\charrsid474243 Core argument (1): The notice of motion to the ERT}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid91533\charrsid474243 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9972862\charrsid474243 
 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid91533\charrsid474243  It will be recalled that one of the orders which the union }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10960762\charrsid474243 sought by its notice of motion to }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15994534\charrsid474243 the ERT}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5645631\charrsid474243  was }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid91533\charrsid474243 
an order requiring the company to comply with the original award made by the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243 arbitration }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid91533\charrsid474243 
tribunal.  I said earlier that the company had already complied with the original award by reinstating Mr Vaja and by }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11282992\charrsid474243 paying him the equivalent of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9899097\charrsid474243  three months' salary}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid91533\charrsid474243  for the period up to when he would have been reins}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid8068466\charrsid474243 tated but for the stay}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12607216\charrsid474243 
.  That means that the relief which the union was really seeking for Mr Vaja was the equivalent of his salary from then until his actual reinstatement.  The company's point was that }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10960762\charrsid474243 one of the provisions pursuant to which }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12607216\charrsid474243 the application to }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10960762\charrsid474243 
the ERT }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8405193\charrsid474243 had been}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12607216\charrsid474243  made }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8405193\charrsid474243 
had been}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12607216\charrsid474243  section 212(1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11877308\charrsid474243 )(}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12607216\charrsid474243 
b) of the Act, and that provision relates only to applications for compliance orders, ie orders requiring compliance with a previous order.  Since the previous order had been}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8090774\charrsid474243 
 complied with, and since the relief which was }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9899097\charrsid474243 really }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8090774\charrsid474243 being sought}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12607216\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9899097\charrsid474243 was the equivale}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8405193\charrsid474243 nt of Mr Vaja's}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9899097\charrsid474243  salary}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8090774\charrsid474243  for a period not co}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9899097\charrsid474243 
vered by the original award, that application }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8405193\charrsid474243 had to have been made pursuant to a provision other than section 212(1)(b) of the Act}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid5792897\charrsid474243 .  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8405193\charrsid474243 As it was, the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid357503\charrsid474243 notice of motion exp}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10960762\charrsid474243 r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9899097\charrsid474243 essly }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8405193\charrsid474243 referr
ed to another provision pursuant to which the application was being made, namely }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid357503\charrsid474243 
section 238(2)(a) of the Act.  That section provides that where no provision is made for a particular circumstance, the Magistrates Court Rules 1945 apply to pro}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10960762\charrsid474243 ceedings befor
e the ERT.  Ord 26}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid357503\charrsid474243  of the Magistrates Court Rules p}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2517584\charrsid474243 rovides that}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid357503\charrsid474243  i}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2517584\charrsid474243 nterlocutory applications may}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10960762\charrsid474243  be}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid357503\charrsid474243  made by motion.  Since the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5792897\charrsid474243 new }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid357503\charrsid474243 relief which }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10960762\charrsid474243 the union was actually seeking was not interlocutory relief, the application could not have been made by notice of motion.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid8405193\charrsid474243 It had to have been made by some form of originating process.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10960762\charrsid474243 That rendered the proce}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid8405193\charrsid474243 edings before the ERT a nullity - at any rate, to the extent that they related to the application for the equivalent of Mr Vaja's salary}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10960762\charrsid474243  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8405193\charrsid474243 for the period not covered by the original award - }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10960762\charrsid474243 and there w}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid7807107\charrsid474243 as no power in the Magistrates C}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10960762\charrsid474243 ourt Rules (unlike the High Court Rules: see Ord 2 rule 1) to cure the defect.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10960762 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15994534 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 37}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11672424\charrsid474243 .   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8090774\charrsid474243 Both Wati J and Gune}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid357503\charrsid474243 ratne JA rejected this argument: }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8090774\charrsid474243 they thought that the union's application }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid8090774\charrsid474243 was}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid8090774\charrsid474243  an application for a compliance order, and so the correct procedure had been adopted.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11672424\charrsid474243   Indeed, even if the union's application had not bee
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8202317\charrsid474243 n for a compliance order, Guneratne JA}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11672424\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid8202317\charrsid474243 
would have rejected the argument on the basis that any procedural flaw should yield to the substantive rights of the parties unless there were compelling reasons for holding otherwise, and in this case there were not.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid8202317 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14883157 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 38}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8202317\charrsid474243 .   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9517841\charrsid474243 I agree with Wati J and Guneratne JA}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8090774\charrsid474243 
 that there is no merit in this ground of appeal, but not for the reason}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8202317\charrsid474243 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8090774\charrsid474243  they gave.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid357503\charrsid474243   The company correctly argued}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9517841\charrsid474243  that the relief which the union was seek}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9899097\charrsid474243 ing was not a compliance order, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9517841\charrsid474243 as the order for Mr Vaja's reinstatement and the payment to him of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9899097\charrsid474243  equivalent of three months' salary}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9517841\charrsid474243  had already been complied with.  It was seeking, as I have said, a completely different order, namely}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9899097\charrsid474243  the equivalent of Mr Vaja's salary}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9517841\charrsid474243  for the period not covered by the orig
inal award.  But where the compan}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid357503\charrsid474243 y's }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6638551\charrsid474243 elaborate}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid357503\charrsid474243 argument breaks down is }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6638551\charrsid474243 at the point of }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid357503\charrsid474243 its}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9517841\charrsid474243  assertion that }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid357503\charrsid474243 the}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9517841\charrsid474243  relief }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid357503\charrsid474243 which the union was}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9517841\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid357503\charrsid474243 actually }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9517841\charrsid474243 seeking }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid357503\charrsid474243 
could not be sought by a notice of motion.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2517584\charrsid474243   The ERT was the statutory successor of the arbitration tribunal established under the Trade Di}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid6638551\charrsid474243 sputes Act}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9899097\charrsid474243  (Cap 97)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6638551\charrsid474243 , and the applications}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2517584\charrsid474243  which the union made to the ERT by the notice of motion in question were}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13441705\charrsid474243 , when properly analysed,}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2517584\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6638551\charrsid474243 (a) an interlocutory application}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2517584\charrsid474243  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6638551\charrsid474243 for a compliance order (even though the original award of the arbitration tribunal had been complied with) }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\f0\fs24\insrsid6638551\charrsid474243 and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6638551\charrsid474243  more importantly for present purposes (b) an interlocutory application for }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12335887\charrsid474243 the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid12335887\charrsid474243 supplementation}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6638551\charrsid474243  of the original }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2517584\charrsid474243 award}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6638551\charrsid474243 to cover the pe
riod after Mr Vaja should have been reinstated by }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243 
in the light of the inordinate length of time which had elapsed since the arbitration tribunal had first ordered Mr Vaja's reinstatement}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2517584\charrsid474243 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid6056511\charrsid474243   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13441705\charrsid474243 Neither of these applications were }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6638551\charrsid474243 application}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13441705\charrsid474243 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6638551\charrsid474243  made in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13441705\charrsid474243 new proceedings.  They were}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6638551\charrsid474243  application}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13441705\charrsid474243 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6638551\charrsid474243 
 made in existing proceedings, as the ERT had taken over the proceedings f}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13441705\charrsid474243 
rom the arbitration tribunal when (a) the Trade Disputes Act (Cap 97) (under which the dispute had originally been transferred to the arbitration 
tribunal) was repealed by section 265(1)(b) of the Act and (b) the ERT was established by section 202(1) of the Act as the tribunal responsible, among other things, for those topics which had in the past been referred to an arbitration tribunal under the 
Trade Disputes Act (Cap 97).   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6056511\charrsid474243 Since }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243 these applications }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid6056511\charrsid474243 were interlocutory applications}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13441705\charrsid474243  in existing proceedings}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6056511\charrsid474243 
, they could be}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5259335\charrsid474243  made by }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6056511\charrsid474243 notice of motion and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid2710468\charrsid474243 fresh originating process was not require}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6056511\charrsid474243 d.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6056511 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15994534 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 39}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13581807\charrsid474243 .   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14883157 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 T}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13581807\charrsid474243 his reasoning disposes of two}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1333646\charrsid474243  related argument}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13581807\charrsid474243 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1333646\charrsid474243  deployed on the compan}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13581807\charrsid474243 
y's behalf.  Both are premised on the fact that }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1333646\charrsid474243 the original award of the arbitration tribunal limited }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13581807\charrsid474243 Mr Vaja's compensation to the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5792897\charrsid474243  equivalent of three months' salary}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13581807\charrsid474243  for the period from his dismissal}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7807107\charrsid474243  to a day or so after 21 May}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13581807\charrsid474243 
 2007, the date on which he had to be reinstated by.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2297184\charrsid474243   One of the arguments is t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13581807\charrsid474243 hat }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2297184\charrsid474243 this }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13581807\charrsid474243 award had been complied with following the dismissal of the application for judicial review, and t}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2297184\charrsid474243 here was no further role for the ERT }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13581807\charrsid474243 as the successor of the arbitration tribunal to play.  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2297184\charrsid474243 This amounted to an argument that the ERT was, to use the Latin phrase, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid2297184\charrsid474243 functus officio}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2297184\charrsid474243 .  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13581807\charrsid474243 The }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2297184\charrsid474243 
other argument is that the issue of Mr Vaja's compensation had already been definitively decided by the arbitration tribunal - in other words, the matter was, again to use the appropriate Latin phrase, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\f0\fs24\insrsid2297184\charrsid474243 res judicata}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2297184\charrsid474243 , and could not be revisited by the courts except on an appeal.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13852261\charrsid474243   The answer to the first of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11360433\charrsid474243  these points is that what the union was really seeking on }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12335887\charrsid474243 behalf of Mr Vaja was the supplementation}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11360433\charrsid474243 
 of the original award to address his compensation for the period after the period covered by the original award.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12335887\charrsid474243   A court or tribunal is permitted to supplement an order }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5591157\charrsid474243 which it}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12335887\charrsid474243 
 previously made in order to deal with an issue which arose after its original order.  Viewed in that way, the ERT was not }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid12335887\charrsid474243 functus officio}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13852261\charrsid474243 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12335887\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13852261\charrsid474243 
 Moreover, the ERT was addressing the question of Mr Vaja's compensation for the period during which he would have b
een reinstated but for the stay.  That was an issue which by definition could not have been decided by the arbitration tribunal as its decision predated that period.  No question of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\f0\fs24\insrsid12335887\charrsid474243 res judicata}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13852261\charrsid474243  therefore arises as the arbitration tribunal and the ERT were considering different topics.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12335887 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14883157 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 40}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12335887\charrsid474243 .   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid12335887\charrsid474243 Core argument}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid14972790\charrsid474243 s (2) and (3}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid10492675\charrsid474243 ):}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid12335887\charrsid474243  The effect of the stay}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12335887\charrsid474243 .  The effect of the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid2766305\charrsid474243 stay on the original award }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10714040\charrsid474243 
is said by the company to have frozen Mr Vaja's compensation until such time as the stay was lifted: it could not accumulate during the intervening period.  Accordingly, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14972790\charrsid474243 
core argument (2) is that }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10714040\charrsid474243 the union was not entitled to claim compensation for Mr Vaja for any time during the period when the stay was in force.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14972790\charrsid474243 Core}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6631304\charrsid474243  argument (3) is that}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14375753\charrsid474243  w}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10714040\charrsid474243 hat the union should have done}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14375753\charrsid474243 
 if it had wanted to preserve Mr Vaja's entitlement to compensation for the period when his reinstatement was stayed was to apply to the H
igh Court for the stay on Mr Vaja's reinstatement to be conditional on the company undertaking to pay Mr Vaja's accumulated wages when the stay on his reinstatement }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10685119\charrsid474243 w}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14375753\charrsid474243 as lifted. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10714040\charrsid474243   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14375753\charrsid474243 
I do not agree}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6631304\charrsid474243  with either of these arguments}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14375753\charrsid474243 .  The }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10714040\charrsid474243 effect of the stay was no
t to deny Mr Vaja any compensation over and above that to which the original award related.  Its effect was to prevent the original award from being enforced for the time being.  In other words, it said nothing about what the award should be.  It related 
only to when the award had to be complied with.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2766305 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14883157 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 41}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14096424\charrsid474243 .   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11539188 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid14096424\charrsid474243 Three miscellaneous points}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid14096424\charrsid7882800 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14096424\charrsid474243 
  Three additional points need to be made.  First, Wati J held that the company was obliged to pay Mr Vaja for the period during which he would have been }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7474793\charrsid474243 reinstated but}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14096424\charrsid474243  for the stay on the basis that (a) it was under an express duty pursuant to section 24 of the Act to provide him with wo}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid6967335\charrsid474243 rk or to pay him for every day o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14096424\charrsid474243 n which he did not work,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7474793\charrsid474243 
 and (b) it was under a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14096424\charrsid474243  duty to do so }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7474793\charrsid474243 as a consequence of its duty of good fait
h which is implied into all contracts of employment.  I do not agree.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14096424\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7474793\charrsid474243 
Any such duty was removed when the stay on the order for Mr Vaja's reinstatement was made.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7474793 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14883157 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 42}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15234577\charrsid474243 .   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10492675 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15234577\charrsid474243 Secondly, Wati J thought that the appeal to the ERC had to be struck out because of non-compliance with section 242}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10492675  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15234577\charrsid474243 (5}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10492675\charrsid474243 ) (}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15234577\charrsid474243 e}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10492675\charrsid474243 ) (}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15234577\charrsid474243 
iii) of the Act.  That provides that no appeal can lie to the ERC from a compliance order made by the ERT without the leave of the ERT or the ERC.  No such leave had been sought, and so the appeal itself could not have been brought.  I do not agree.  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5210080\charrsid474243 Wati J's view was predicated}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15234577\charrsid474243 , of course, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid5210080\charrsid474243 on her belief }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15234577\charrsid474243 that the appeal to the ERC was }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid15234577\charrsid474243 only}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15234577\charrsid474243  from a compliance order of the ERT.  It was not.  It was }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5210080\charrsid474243 primarily }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15234577\charrsid474243 an appeal from an order of the ERT supplementing an earlier order of the arbitration tribunal.   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7474793 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14883157\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 43}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7474793\charrsid474243 .    }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10492675 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7474793\charrsid474243 So what was the proper basis for Mr Vaja to have been awarded compensation for the period during which he would have been r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15234577\charrsid474243 
einstated but for the stay?  That is the third point which needs to be made.  The}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7474793\charrsid474243  answer is that the company chose to challenge the original award and to}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10772502\charrsid474243  apply for a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7474793\charrsid474243  stay }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10772502\charrsid474243 on }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7474793\charrsid474243 its}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10772502\charrsid474243  enforcement in the meantime.  Had it not taken those steps, Mr Vaja would have been reinstated pursuant 
to the original award of the arbitration tribunal.  That is not to say that the company was not entitled to take }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11210024\charrsid474243 those }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10772502\charrsid474243 steps.  Of course it was.  But having decided to take them, it had to face the consequences of the High Court dismissing the application 
for judicial review, one of the consequences being that the stay on Mr Vaja's reinstatement had to be ignored because it had only been imposed in case the application for judicial review succeeded. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10772502 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8743057 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6707067\charrsid474243 44}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10492675 .   \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10772502\charrsid474243 
For all these reasons, then, I have concluded }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15234577\charrsid474243 - in agreement with Guneratne JA - }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10772502\charrsid474243 
that the proposed appeal ag}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15234577\charrsid474243 ainst the decision of the ERC does not have a sufficient chance}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10772502\charrsid474243 
 of success to justify}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15234577\charrsid474243  allowing the appeal to proceed after the expiry of the time for filing the notice of appeal.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid5210080\charrsid474243   When coupled with the other factors which have to be considered when an application for }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1195866\charrsid474243 an }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid5210080\charrsid474243 extension of time to file a notice of appeal is sought, it is plain that Guneratne JA's decision to refuse the company's}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10772502\charrsid474243  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5210080\charrsid474243 application was not flawed.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5210080 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid14883157 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid3345522 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-153\li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid5210080\charrsid14883157   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid5210080\charrsid14883157 Two final observations}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid5210080 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid3345522\charrsid14883157 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5210080\charrsid474243 45.    }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10492675 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5210080\charrsid474243 I make two final observations.  First, it is important that applications}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7099348\charrsid474243 
 for an extension of time for filing a notice of appeal do not become the opportunity to argue the full merits of the appeal.  When the court is considering the merits of the proposed appeal, it is only deciding whether there is sufficien}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15862575\charrsid474243 t merit in the proposed appeal}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7099348\charrsid474243  to permit it to proceed to a full hearing.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid15862575\charrsid474243   T}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7099348\charrsid474243 he only exce}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15862575\charrsid474243 ption to that is}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7099348\charrsid474243  where the delay is substantial, in which case the court is deciding whether the appeal will probably succeed.  Even then, though, it will not be appropriate for the argu
ments to be developed in full.  They need to be developed only to the extent that the court can determine the relative arguability of the grounds (and in cases of substantial delay the probability of success of any of those grounds).  This judgment should
 not be regarded as a template for the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12395920\charrsid474243  detail in which those grounds}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7099348\charrsid474243  are}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12395920\charrsid474243  to be debated.  I have discussed}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7099348\charrsid474243  the arguments about the merits of the proposed appeal }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12395920\charrsid474243 at length only out of deference to the care with which the written submissions have been prepared.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12395920 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14883157 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12395920\charrsid474243 46.    }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10492675 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12395920\charrsid474243 
Secondly, the problems which have beset this case all arise from the extraordinary length of time it has taken for the proceedings to have reached the present stage.  It is distressing that it is now almost 13 years since the incident which gave
 rise to the case.  That lapse of time has not, for the most part, been caused by the litigants.  It has been caused by systemic delays - primarily the time taken for hearings to be listed but also the exceptional need for a replacement to be found for th
e judge who first heard the application for judicial review - }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid474243 as well as delays on the part of various judges to produce their judgments within a r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15862575\charrsid474243 easonable time.  This was not}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid474243  a complicated or difficult case, and for my part I express the hope that judges 
will be able to organise their time }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15862575\charrsid474243 in the future }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid474243 
in such a way as to avoid the delays which have occurred in this case.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5398782 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10492675 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3345522\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-153\li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid474243   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid14883157  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid5398782\charrsid14883157 Conclusion}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid5398782 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid3345522\charrsid14883157 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid474243 47.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid10492675 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid474243 As I said at the beginning of this judgment, it}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5125416\charrsid474243  would not be usual for }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid474243 leave to appeal against a refusal to extend the time for filing a notice of appeal to be given.  However, in this judgment, I have endeavoured to summar}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1917562\charrsid474243 ise the principles }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid474243 of the law of Fiji}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1917562\charrsid474243  in this area}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid474243 , and I have responded to Guneratne JA's request for the Supreme Court to address his view about 
the impact of mistakes made by lawyers.  In my opinion, that issue is a matter of substantial general interest to the administration of civil justice, and I would the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5125416\charrsid474243 
refore give the company }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid474243 leave to appeal.  In accordan}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10776740\charrsid474243 ce with the Supreme Court's usua}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid474243 l practice, I wo}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10776740\charrsid474243 u}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1521697\charrsid474243 
ld treat the hearing of the pet}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid474243 ition for leave to app}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15862575\charrsid474243 e}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid474243 al as the hearing of the appeal, but for the reasons I have endeavo}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10776740\charrsid474243 u}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid474243 red to give, I }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10776740\charrsid474243 w}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid474243 ould dismiss the appeal.  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10776740\charrsid474243 Finally, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid474243 I would order the c}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15862575\charrsid474243 
ompany to pay $5,000 towards the union's}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid474243  legal costs.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5964954 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10492675 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10492675\charrsid474243 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-153\li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid5398782\charrsid14883157   }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\f0\fs24\insrsid15994534 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid5964954\charrsid14883157 Calanchini J}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid5964954\charrsid14883157 :}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\f0\fs24\insrsid6970355 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid3345522 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-720\li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5964954\charrsid474243 48.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid6970355\charrsid474243    }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10492675 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6970355\charrsid474243 
I have had the opportunity to read in draft form the judgment of Keith J and agre}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14883157 e with }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid6970355\charrsid474243 
his reasoning and conclusions.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid5964954 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10492675 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid2953751\charrsid14883157 Orders}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid2953751\charrsid14883157 :}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\ul\insrsid2953751 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid3345522 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \fi-153\li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3345522 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid2953751\charrsid474243   (i)  Leave to appeal granted.
\par   (ii)  Appeal dismissed.
\par   (iii) The petitioner must pay $5,000 to the respondent towards its legal costs.
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10772502\charrsid474243    }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7474793\charrsid474243    }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14096424 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10492675 
\par 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12324493 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10492675 
\par }\pard\plain \ltrpar\s16\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3345522 \rtlch\fcs1 \af31507\afs22\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 \f31506\fs22\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10492675\charrsid207555 Hon. Mr. Justice }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10492675 Suresh Chandra}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid10492675\charrsid207555 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\f0\fs24\insrsid10492675\charrsid3345522 JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT
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