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Genuine and stable marriage
  • 3 May 2018

    SHEN v MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION [2018] NZHC 919

    Citation
    [2018] NZHC 919
    Court
    High Court

    Leave to appeal was dismissed because no genuine question of law was established: even accepting that exclusivity need not be a mandatory element of 'stability', the applicant's extramarital relationships and undisclosed children were prima facie relevant to marital stability, he failed to rebut their relevance, independent findings of concealment (including a false statutory declaration and failure to disclose children) provided a sufficient factual basis for the Tribunal's decision, and the issue did not raise matters of sufficient general or public importance to justify appellate intervent…