SN v MN - [2017] 3 NZLR 448

Family and domestic relationships — Domestic violence — Protection order — Whether psychological abuse — Whether physical abuse — Whether mandatory considerations taken into account — Whether irrelevant considerations taken into account — Whether protection order necessary — Whether husband’s behaviour formed pattern of domestic violence — Whether Family Court erred in initial decision — Whether High Court undertook independent analysis of evidence before adopting same approach as Family Court — Whether High Court erred on appeal — “Domestic violence” — Domestic Violence Act 1995, ss 3 and 14.