JLT v The Attorney General

[2011] NZSC 54

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

SC 24/2011
[2011] NZSC 54

BETWEEN  J L T
Applicant

AND  THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Respondent

Court:             Blanchard, McGrath and William Young JJ

Counsel:         Applicant in person
A J Williams for Respondent

Judgment:      19 May 2011

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

REASONS

1. The applicant seeks leave to appeal from the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of his appeal[1] from a judgment of Joseph Williams J refusing to set aside consent orders which were made by an Associate Judge on 7 May 2008.[2]  These orders were made at the conclusion of a settlement conference at which the applicant was legally represented.  The underlying claim arose out of irregularities which occurred in proceedings taken under the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 involving the two sons of the applicant. 

   [1]      JLT v Attorney-General [2011] NZCA 12.

   [2]      JLT v Attorney-General HC Wellington CIV-2009-485-1655, 29 June 2010.

2. We are satisfied that the applicant’s concerns about the consent orders and what preceded them have been fully considered and fairly addressed by Joseph Williams J and the Court of Appeal.  The proposed appeal does not involve a matter of general or public importance and there is no appearance of a miscarriage of justice.  Accordingly the application for leave to appeal should be dismissed.

Solicitors:
Crown Law Office, Wellington for Respondent