Dudley v Brooks - [1999] 2 NZLR 234

Family and domestic relationships — Domestic violence — Jurisdiction — Whether Family Court has jurisdiction to grant protection order to husband's new partner against wife — Domestic Violence Act 1995, ss 4, 7 and 14(1).

Family and domestic relationships — Family protection proceedings — Whether a domestic relationship between a wife and her husband's new partner — Whether close personal relationship could be created by unilateral antagonistic action — Domestic Violence Act 1995, ss 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Statutes — Interpretation — Acts Interpretation Act 1924, s 4.