28 May 2021
JONATHAN LIVINGSTON ENGINEERING CO LIMITED v COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS [2021] NZHC 1227
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 1227
- Court
- High Court
Leave was refused because the appellant did not demonstrate an inability to obtain legal representation nor establish the proposed non-lawyer representative's suitability; the proceeding is legally and technically complex (a patent appeal) and the Mannix rule precludes non-lawyer representation except in narrowly defined circumstances.