E v C - [1995] 3 NZLR 310

Family and domestic relationships — Parent and child — Custody dispute — Costs of counsel for child — Appeal against order of Family Court Judge that parents should reimburse in equal shares fees and expenses of counsel for child in excess of $15,000 — Appeal against order to share equally full costs of specialist reports — Whether Family Court Judge entitled to impose a threshold test — Whether Family Court Judge had wrongly exercised Court's discretion — Guardianship Act 1968, ss 29A and 30.

Practice and procedure — Costs — Family Court — Costs of counsel for child — Appeal against order of Family Court Judge that parents should reimburse in equal shares fees and expenses of counsel for child in excess of $15,000 — Appeal against order to share equally full costs of specialist reports — Whether Family Court Judge entitled to impose a threshold test — Whether Family Court Judge had wrongly exercised Court's discretion.