27 Sept 2013
SMITH v SMITH [2013] NZHC 2536
- Citation
- [2013] NZHC 2536
- Court
- High Court
The appeal is dismissed because, even if a s 54 recommendation may be reviewable or appealable in principle, the recommendation in this case did not irretrievably affect the appellant's or the child's rights: the appellant will have a full opportunity to be heard and to advance the same grounds in opposition to the guardianship application and at the substantive hearing, so no prejudice occurred requiring early appellate intervention; costs were reserved.