6 Oct 2021
STEWART v THE FAMILY COURT AT AUCKLAND (COSTS) [2021] NZHC 2671
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2671
- Court
- High Court
The plaintiff was not an aided person in respect of the leave to appeal; absent a grant of legal aid there is no costs immunity, s 143(3) barred the appeal absent Family Court leave, and the appropriate outcome is to award standard Category 2B costs to the second and third defendants in the sum of $2,629.00, conditional on Legal Aid declining the plaintiff's reconsideration application for aid up to the date of discontinuance.