3 Mar 2015
AAR v PFN [2015] NZHC 330
- Citation
- [2015] NZHC 330
- Court
- High Court
The Court held that a Family Court Judge lawfully may determine Part 4 interlocutory applications at a judicial conference; on the facts the Judge was entitled to dismiss the discovery and interrogatory applications; the respondent was entitled to costs both as beneficiary and as administrator; beneficiary costs of $10,458 are to be deducted from the appellant's distribution and administrator costs of $9,065 are to be paid out of the estate generally, with assessment conducted by reference to the High Court Rules scale.
- Interlocutory orders
- Judicial conference powers
- Discovery and interrogatories
- Duties and conduct of administrators/executors
- Assessment and incidence of costs