Legal Services Commissioner v Roest - [2015] 3 NZLR 273

Legal aid — Calculation of prescribed repayment amount — “debt” — “actual debts of the person” — Whether provable debts of bankrupt deductible from repayment amount — “provable debt” — “capital” — Status of bankrupt’s provable debts — Whether discretionary beneficiary interest in trust an asset — Overriding purpose of legal aid legislation — Legal Services Regulations 2011, reg 10.