20 Apr 2015
CLAYTON v CLAYTON [2015] NZHC 765
- Citation
- (2015) 30 FRNZ 219
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held that a qualifying circumstance under s64(2)(a)(iii) existed because the respondent had been unable to access her share of relationship property and incurred prohibitive litigation costs; the judge's allowance for legal/accounting fees of $10,000 per month was reasonable and stands subject to an undertaking they be used only for legal/accounting fees and disbursements; the personal maintenance award was excessive and reduced from $5,000 to $2,700 per month; the Family Court should have addressed past maintenance and the variation of the 2010 consent orders is to be backdate…