Jason Dudley appeared in the Court of Appeal for the successful respondent, Credit Union Australia Limited (Great Southern Bank), instructed by HWL Ebsworth Lawyers, with the full judgment available here.

The appeal was from a District Court judge’s dismissal of an appeal from summary judgment. It raised novel questions of law as to whether such judgment is interlocutory or final, and whether a failure to obtain leave under r 294(2) of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules amounts to jurisdictional error.

On 27 February 2026, the Court of Appeal (Mullins P, Bradley JA and Morrison AJA) delivered judgment, dismissing the appeal and ordering costs in the respondent’s favour.