Burns v Legal Services Board - [1995] 1 NZLR 594

Legal aid — Availability — Coroner's inquest — Whether inquest a judicial hearing — Whether parent a person with "personal interest" in inquest proceedings — Whether legal aid available for legal representation of a person having a personal interest in proceedings — Coroners Act 1988, ss 15, 23 and 26 — Legal Services Act 1991, ss 19(1) (e), 20, 21, 34 and 35.

Coroner — Inquest — Whether inquest a judicial hearing — Whether parent a person with "personal interest" in inquest proceedings — Coroners Act 1988, ss 15, 23 and 26 — Legal Services Act 1991, ss 19(1)(e), 20, 21, 34 and 35.