Brown v Attorney-General - [2005] 2 NZLR 405

Constitutional law — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Fair trial — Legal aid — Disbursements for expert evidence — Whether Legal Services Subcommittee decision to refuse funding for disbursements unlawful or unreasonable — Whether unlawful or unreasonable decision would have given rise to breach of Bill of Rights — Legal Services Regulations 1991 (SR 1991/293), reg 51.

Practice and procedure — Commencement of proceedings — Service of statement of claim — Delay — Extension of time for service — Statement of claim filed but different version served — Whether time for service of claim as filed should be extended — High Court Rules, RR 127(2) and 128(1).