Timmins v Legal Aid Review Panel - [2004] 1 NZLR 708

Legal aid — Civil proceedings — Prospects of success — Application for legal aid by defendant to civil proceedings — Legal aid refused on basis prospects of success not sufficient to justify grant of aid — Whether “prospects of success” meant chances of successful defence to claim or included minimising loss and non-pecuniary benefits — Legal Services Act 2000, s 9(4)(d).