In JKL v DBA (No. 4) [2024] QDC 65, the District Court of Queensland dismissed an appeal by JKL against a summary dismissal of his application to vary a protection order originally made by the Gympie Magistrates Court. The appellant sought to reduce the duration of the protection order and remove five named children from it. However, the court found that the application was an attempt to re-argue previously determined issues and thus constituted an abuse of process. Despite the appellant presenting several grounds for appeal, including claims of not being afforded procedural fairness and errors of fact by the Magistrate, the court dismissed each ground. Notably, the court emphasized that previous judicial remarks about the appellant's ability to represent himself and the marginal relevance of his recent course completion to the case's issues remained pertinent.
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