18 May 2018
COOPER v R [2018] NZCA 159
- Citation
- [2018] NZCA 159
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Privilege did not attach because appellant was not obtaining professional legal services via the solicitor's office and, in any event, communications were prima facie in furtherance of a dishonest purpose; the evidence established omission to disclose removal of the withdrawal form amounted to deception and there was no honest belief/claim of right; withdrawing $70,000 denied the protected person access to financial resources and therefore constituted psychological abuse under the Domestic Violence Act; reparation order restoring the fund to the family trust was appropriate to restore the sta…