26 Nov 2021
ROSS v THE FAMILY COURT AT AUCKLAND [2021] NZHC 3204
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 3204
- Court
- High Court
Most challenges to the Family Court directions and judgments were dismissed because judges acted within statutory discretions, procedural omissions were not reviewable or were registry errors, and reopening matters would not be in the child's best interests; a legal error in the judge's understanding of the limited role of counsel appointed under s95 was found but no remedy was granted because prejudice was not established, alternative remedies existed and rehearing would harm the child’s interests.