Lister v Mathews [2016] NZHC 2171 (14 September 2016)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND REGISTRY

CIV-2014-488-000057 [2016] NZHC 2171

IN THE MATTER OF	the Estate of EARL ARTHUR RAYMOND LISTER
UNDER	The Family Protection Act 1955 section 4 and the Trustee Act 1956 Section 83B
BETWEEN	DEBRA ANNE GRETA LISTER Applicant
AND	ROBYN ETHEL FRONTIN MATHEWS, LANCE IAN LISTER, LINDA LOUISE LISTER / EDDIE First Respondent THE WILSON HOME TRUST / WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD Second Respondent

Hearing:	On the papers
Counsel:	D A G Lister for herself Appearances for the first and second respondent excused
Judgment:	14 September 2016

JUDGMENT NO 2 OF PALMER J (Application for leave to appeal)

This judgment is delivered by me on 14 September 2016 at 11.30 am pursuant to r 11.5 of the High Court Rules.

..................................................... Registrar / Deputy Registrar

Solicitors:

Saunders Robinson Brown, Christchurch (J M Stringer) Schnauer & Co, Auckland (C P Hallowes)

And to:

The Applicant

LISTER v MATHEWS & ORS [2016] NZHC 2171 [14 September 2016]

[1] On 7 July 2016 I declined Ms Debra Lister’s application to review a Minute of Associate Judge Bell.¹ Her application was the latest in a long line of attempts to pursue a claim to her late aunt’s property on a completely misconceived legal basis.²

In the judgment I found Associate Judge Bell’s Minute “simply reflected the legal position decided by the High Court and the Court of Appeal”.³ I stated “Ms Lister needs to accept the legal situation as several courts have found, and carefully explained, it to be”.⁴

[2] Ms Lister now seeks leave under s 26P of the Judicature Act 1908 to appeal my judgment to the Court of Appeal. Her grounds of appeal are based on the same misconceptions as before. On 4 August 2016 she apparently attempted to file in the High Court a Notice of Appeal which was rejected since an application for leave to appeal is required. On 29 August 2016 she filed an application for leave to appeal. That is well outside the 20 working days she was allowed by r 20.3 of the High Court Rules to file such an application.

[3] In any case, I do not consider there are any grounds to appeal the judgment of

7 July 2016, for the reasons given in the judgment. Even if it were filed in time I

would refuse Ms Lister’s application.

_{Palmer J}

¹ _{Lister v Mathews & Ors [2016] NZHC 1540.}

² For example Lister v Pegg Ayton Gordon Trustee Ltd & Ors [2014] NZHC 2553 (per Asher J);

_{Lister v R E Mathews & Ors [2015] NZCA 474.}

³ _{At [6].}

⁴ At [9].