17 Mar 2016
A v B [2016] NZHC 470
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 470
- Court
- High Court
Costs awarded to the defendant on a standard 2B basis of $8,920 because the plaintiff misused habeas corpus procedure (the application lacked sufficient evidence of unlawful detention and should have been brought in Family Court); indemnity or increased costs were not justified and the defendant's claimed hourly rate and Category 3 classification were rejected.
- Care of children act 2004
- Habeas corpus act s13
- Habeas corpus act s14(4)
- High court rules r14
- Guardianship disputes
- Indemnity and scale costs