The Federal Court of Australia creates a novel procedural issue
Can an application be "dismissed" before being filed? People possessing the psychic ability of clairvoyance may be able to see future events. Precognition: seeing the future The Federal Court of Australia has delivered what is possibly a unique judgment. It seemingly relies on the precognition of a future event that post-dates the judgment. In a judgment delivered on 19 December 2025, Justice Thawley referred to his judgment delivered on 25 July , at [38]: At the time Mr Dunstan lodged his amended statement of claim, it was uncertain whether leave was required. No decision was made about whether to accept the document for filing and Mr Dunstan was informed that the issue would be addressed at the hearing the following day. There was no breach of s 35A(4) and no unfairness to Mr Dunstan in circumstances where the amended statement of claim was accepted for filing after the hearing (and taken to have been filed the day before the hearing) and hi...