29 May 2014
NICHOLAS PAUL ALFRED REEKIE v ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2014] NZSC 63
- Citation
- [2014] 1 NZLR 737
- Court
- Supreme Court
The Registrar and single-judge reviews correctly applied the law: impecuniosity alone does not justify dispensing with security for costs; the Registrar should only dispense with security where it is right to require the respondent to defend the judgment without the normal protection of security; a Judge reviews such decisions de novo; appeals should only be permitted without security where a reasonable solvent litigant would pursue them (including merits and public interest considerations); applying those principles the Court dismissed the appeals and refused to waive security.