19 Oct 2016
BLACK v BANKS [2016] NZHC 2492
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 2492
- Court
- High Court
The High Court dismissed the appeal because the Family Court Judge lawfully considered the mandatory statutory factors (pattern and effect), was entitled to prefer his factual findings based on seeing and hearing the witnesses, and reasonably concluded that a final protection order was not necessary in the circumstances (changed workplace arrangements and active parenting proceedings reduced the necessity for protection).