15 Jun 2023
GREEN v BROWN [2023] NZHC 1494
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 1494
- Court
- High Court
Leave to appeal out of time was refused because the applicants' delay was significant and the product of a conscious decision to disengage, they failed to undertake court‑directed counselling crucial to restoring relationships, there was identifiable prejudice to the child and respondent, and the interests of justice did not justify an extension given the absence of strong prospects of success.