“… It is an old decision and concerns an express power to extend time. The authority which is in point is Al-Medhawi v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1990] 1 AC 876. Discussion…”
“…Ms Kinsler also relied on the principle enunciated by Taylor LJ in Al-Mehdawi v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1990] 1 AC 876 (see pp. 880-883) to the effect that a decision of this Court cannot be treated as authoritative if it was the subject of an appeal to the House of Lords or th…”
“… v West Sussex Quarter Sessions, Ex p Albert and Maud Johnson Trust Ltd [1974] QB 24, cited with approval by the House of Lords in Ex p Al-Mehdawi [1999] [sic: [1990] 1 AC 876] 1 AC 876, 899. It is clear, however, that some flexibility has been allowed where the “interests of justice” so require. That as we understand it is the effec…”