The applicant has sought to meet that line of authority by relying on section 8 of the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991. That section provides that this Court has all the jurisdiction that is necessary for the administration of Justice in Queensland. The applicant, in support of his submission that that section grants this Court power to entertain his application, refers to the decision of this Court in The Queen v. Pettigrew [1996] QCA 235; (1997) 1 Queensland Reports 601.

In that case the Court was concerned with a situation where the Court had initially refused an application for leave to appeal by acting on an erroneous factual basis. The Court considered that in those circumstances it had power either under section 8 or its inherent jurisdiction to deal with the matter on the merits. That case, in my view, is clearly distinguishable from the present.