Marteley v The Legal Services Commissioner - [2016] 1 NZLR 633

Legal aid — Criminal law — Availability of legal aid for appeal — Whether interests of justice required grant of legal aid — Place of merits in decision to grant or refuse aid — Legal Services Commissioner entitled to consider merits — Merits to be balanced with other statutory factors — Affirmative conclusion as merits not necessary — Legal Services Act 2011, s 8(2)(viii).