Mawhinney v Auckland Council - [2021] 3 NZLR 519

Procedure — Vexatious litigant — Two stage approach of whether litigation qualified and whether an order is justified — Whether litigation ‘‘totally without merit” means “bound to fail” — Totally has qualitative and a quantitative dimension — Whether exceptional circumstances justifying five year order — Need for particulars — Senior Courts Act 2016, s 166 — Discretion — Procedure — View of Judge considering s 166 order — Not the view of the Judge who determined the proceedings — Correctness of judgments not the issue.