Counsel for Oba Akanbi had told the court that his client had several applications before the court and he told the court that the notice of preliminary objection which bordered on competence and jurisdiction of the court should be heard first before the substantive application. (nigeriapoliticsonline.com)
The two were quite distinct, and Parliament clearly intended that s 24 (5) should only apply where a substantive application for the revocation of a placement order had been made — in other words, the applicant had got over the leave hurdle, and was making a substantive application which, consequent upon the grant of leave, would be likely to have been perceived as having a real prospect of success. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
Once it was accepted that s 24 (2) was HRA 1998 compliant, it was evident that Parliament had drawn a very clear line between an application for leave to apply for the revocation of a placement order, and the substantive application to revoke. (newlawjournal.co.uk)