National Standards Committee 1 v Yang [2024] NZLCDT 8 (27 March 2024) [pdf, 160 KB]
...opening of files. During the hearing, Mr Yang admitted he had opened files, or law clerks had undertaken that task on his direction. [16] Mr Yang did not open a file for the client in Junior Partner, the firm’s system. He did not complete AML enquiries. He noted the client as a “prospect” in time records in a manner that did not result in the client entering the firm’s Junior Partner billing records. We find he did not alert a partner about the client. In this respect we...