GENERAL PROTECTIONS – extension of time – ss.365, 366, 604 Fair Work Act 2009 – permission to appeal – Full Bench – at first instance appellant’s general protections application dismissed – application was lodged 49 days out of the time limit allowed – grounds of appeal advanced by appellant included that the Commission failed to take into account the efforts the appellant made to electronically commence an unfair dismissal application arising from the dismissal and that the Commission did not have the entire file – at the hearing of the application for appeal the appellant put forward further grounds for appeal including that his case had been hampered because of the Commission’s defective administration and that he had received misleading advice from the Commission – having considered all of the matters raised by the appellant the Full Bench found that the appeal was without foundation – permission to appeal refused. Appeal by Russell against decision of Lawrence DP of 8 February 2016 [[2016] FWC 832] Re: Gippsland Group Training Ltd t/a Apprenticeship Group Australia

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