12 Apr 2022
GUTHRIE v BROWN [2022] NZHC 748
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 748
- Court
- High Court
Defendant was bound by the Family Court consent order reached at the JSC through counsel's agreement; by putting his instructions and counsel communications in issue and then declining to waive privilege he undermined his defence; the proceeding under s 121 was necessary and proper to enforce the Family Court order; costs awarded to plaintiffs on a 2B scale plus a 25% uplift and disbursements of $1,472.58, recoverable by deduction from any distribution to the defendant.