19 Dec 2013
SMITH v SMITH [2013] NZHC 3559
- Citation
- [2013] NZHC 3559
- Court
- High Court
Leave to appeal was declined because the appeal did not raise a question of law or fact capable of bona fide and serious argument of sufficient importance to outweigh cost and delay; the Family Court judge had jurisdiction to make the recommendation, any breach of natural justice did not automatically require quashing, and the applicant will have an opportunity to be heard at the guardianship hearing so no relief is required at this stage.