Auckland District Law Society v Dorbu [2009] NZLCDT 3 [pdf, 151 KB]
...decision, in the view of the Tribunal are as follows: “[26] We are in no doubt that a charge, or charges, must be filed with the relevant tribunal promptly. That conclusion, we think, may be reached in two ways. First, the express obligation in s 101(1) to inquire into complaints “as soon as practicable” may extend to the further step of preferring charges after a sufficient gravity finding. As the circumstances of this case demonstrate, the limits of the investigative proce...