24 Aug 2017
Harrison v The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development [2017] NZHC 2041
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 2041
- Court
- High Court
The Authority's factual findings that Harrison and Reid were in a relationship in the nature of marriage from 20 August 2001 to 3 March 2013 were supported by evidence of prolonged cohabitation, financial interdependence and emotional commitment; the Authority was entitled to give no weight to factual assertions in counsel's submissions where the persons making those assertions were not present for questioning; there was no breach of natural justice in the way the hearing was conducted; s86(9A) did not apply to Reid; and the Authority properly declined to direct non-recovery under s86(1) and…