3 Nov 2021
MR BLACK v MS TURNER [2021] NZHC 2963
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2963
- Court
- High Court
Leave to commence the s10 Status of Children Act proceeding by originating application under Part 19 was refused because the Part 18 procedure is the appropriate and efficient mechanism to address likely contested issues (discovery, interlocutory applications, joinder and representation of the teenagers and the probable need for oral evidence); the interests of justice are not served by permitting a Part 19 shortcut.