After the applicant has given a statement, what must the court decide on an application for the judgment this provision provides for?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In the practice file for this exercise we read the application for the judgment this provision provides for, the minute or transcript recording the applicant's statement at the hearing, any papers setting out the reasons the applicant gave, and any record of the court's own inquiry into the facts before it decided.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading treats the sequence as a condition: only after the applicant has stated may the court act, and its finding on whether the application has a justifiable reason fixes the outcome — finding none, the court must dismiss the application by a ruling; finding one, it must render the judgment. The wording leaves the court no choice at that point.
Another reading turns on what the provision does not settle: it never defines what counts as a justifiable reason, and it lets the court, before that adjudication, ascertain facts on its own initiative, so the material before the court may include inquiry the court made itself rather than only the applicant's statement and papers.
Your judgment
What in the file could show whether the reasons the applicant gave for the application were justifiable?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to change the requirement that the applicant first give a statement, or if a court decision defines what counts as a justifiable reason or limits the court's inquiry on its own initiative.