21 Nov 2012
MACKENZIE v LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSIONER HC WN CIV-2012-485-1299
- Citation
- openlaw-e47eb889_b00b_4b25_aa5a_a7861de41a70.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The appeal was dismissed because the Tribunal correctly concluded the appellant's proposed proceedings lacked sufficient prospects of success: the limitation defence was, on the material, unanswerable (cause of action discoverable by 21 March 2005), the appellant had no personal actionable psychiatric injury, exemplary damages were unavailable, likely compensatory recovery was remote and would be outweighed by costs, and thus legal aid was not justified; suppression was refused on open justice grounds.