“… 52D as an absolute bar to extending time in circumstances where the time for bringing an appeal was prescribed by statute: see Mucelli v Government of Albania [2009] UKHL 2; [2009] 1 WLR 276; Mitchell v The Nursing and Midwifery Council [2009] EWHC 1045 (Admin); Reddy v General Medical Council [2012] EWCA Civ 310; and Massan v Sec…”
“…lly considered. Thus, he submits the judge’s construction leads to circularity, from which the “only escape” is to be found in an application of Odelola v SSHD [2009] UKHL 2, [2009] 1 WLR 1230. In that case (which turned on different facts), it was established that, in the absence of defining transitional provisions, the Immigratio…”