Yesterday Reid's current lawyer Howard Lawry received a letter from the Supreme Court relating to the application. The application was essentially asking the court permission, or leave, for Reid to file appeal proceedings.
He said the court had not formally "declined" the application - rather it had rejected it in its current form.
"We have applied for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. The court concluded that at presented they cannot accept it because there is a lack of jurisdiction," Mr Lawry said last night.
"They have made suggestions about what we can do to get in front of a court if we want to."
Mr Lawry would not be drawn on the specifics of the appeal or potential next moves.
He said it was early days and he would need to meet with Reid and take instruction from him.
"We'll just see where we go from here."
Mr Lawry said "a number of errors" had been made along the way in terms of Reid's appeal. And while this attempt had not been successful he was "excited" about what could happen next.