8 Aug 2022
SCHMIDT v LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSIONER [2022] NZCA 363
- Citation
- [2022] NZCA 363
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Leave to appeal was declined because the proposed appeal did not raise a matter of general or public importance and did not demonstrate a real risk of miscarriage of justice; the Tribunal and High Court correctly applied the legal tests for reviewing legal aid decisions, appropriately relied on the trial judge's credibility findings (including the finding of a fabricated deed) as central to prospects of success, and the applicant's challenge improperly sought to reargue the merits rather than identify an arguable legal error.