28 Feb 2019
AUCKLAND COUNCIL v MAWHINNEY [2019] NZHC 299
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 299
- Court
- High Court
Three prior proceedings involving the respondent (Sheppard, Fogarty and Heath lines of decisions) were properly characterised as totally without merit and/or abuses of process, meeting the s167 threshold; given the respondent's long history of repetitious, disproportionate litigation, failure to give regard to costs and prior rulings, and ongoing risk of continued abuse, an extended order under s166 restraining him from commencing or continuing proceedings relating to the specified Waitakere land for five years was appropriate and proportionate.