W v Secretary for Justice [2023] NZRA 003 (5 May 2023) [pdf, 225 KB]
...and the functions of a judge or judge’s clerk on the other. The judge and judge’s clerk are not concerned with such matters as taking instruction from the party represented, deciding what further investigations may be appropriate, preparing pleadings in a civil case (including making decisions on which causes of action or defence may be appropriate and which (if any) should be abandoned), or (again in a civil case) selecting and prosecuting appropriate interlocutory steps such...