13 Dec 2022
FAWCETT v LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSIONER [2022] NZHC 3366
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 3366
- Court
- High Court
Where administration of a legal aid grant involves significant, complex and time-consuming tasks (preparing applications for amended grants, substantive correspondence with the Commissioner, and invoicing that goes beyond mere form-filling), that administration may amount to the provision of a legal aid service within the meaning of s 4 of the Legal Services Act 2011; the Tribunal and Commissioner erred in law by adopting a categorical exclusion; matter remitted to Commissioner for reconsideration in light of this interpretation.