Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim has filed an application for review over the Federal Court's dismissal of his appeal for leave to challenge attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali's decision not to prosecute Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak over the 1MDB scandal.

Zaid seeks to set aside the July 28 decision made by a three-member panel chaired by Chief Justice Md Raus Sharif, and have the case reheard by a new panel.

The application was filed at the Federal Court registry this morning...