Restoration of dismissed appeals denied for continued non-compliance with mandatory filing requirements and uncured procedural defects.

Restoration of dismissed appeals was refused because the appellants continued to omit the statement of facts, grounds of appeal and required authorisation despite repeated notices. The Tribunal held that where the defects that caused dismissal remain uncured at the stage of restoration, there is no basis to revive the appeals. The applications for restoration were accordingly dismissed, reinforcing that compliance with procedural filing requirements is a condition for reinstatement of dismissed appeals.

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Issues: Whether the applications for restoration of the appeals were liable to be allowed notwithstanding the continued failure to file the statement of facts, grounds of appeal and authorisation required under the procedural rules.

Analysis: The requisite documents had not been filed despite repeated notices and even after dismissal of the appeals for non-compliance. The defects remained uncured when the restoration applications were heard. In these circumstances, the Tribunal found no basis to revive the appeals.

Conclusion: The applications for restoration were dismissed.

Ratio Decidendi: Restoration of dismissed appeals cannot be granted where the procedural defects that led to dismissal remain uncured despite repeated s and notices.

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