2023.10.17 MLC Special Aid Practice Note FINAL
In assessing costs against a party in receipt of funding from the Special Aid Fund, the Māori Appellate Court has stated:9 We consider that a grant of special aid is relevant to both stages of the inquiry on costs, being whether costs should be awarded, and if so, in what amount. Given the varied circumstances in which special aid may be granted, we do not consider that an inflexible rule, or set of criteria, should be applied.
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