Wellington Standards Committee v Twigley [2016] NZLCDT 37 [pdf, 601 KB]
...above, as follows: 1.10 The practitioner debited funds held on trust for the estate of ES without rendering an invoice or obtaining the authority of the executor, specifically $3,500 debited on 31 December 2014, in contravention of any or all of s 110 of the Act and regs 7, 9, 10 and 12 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Trust Account) Regulations 2008 (“Trust Account Regulations”). Charge 2: HP 2. That the practitioner, whilst acting for HP, committed a disciplinary offence u...