National Standards Committee 2 v Mulligan [2025] NZLCDT 18 (24 March 2025) [pdf, 353 KB]
...McLellan did not concede that it was a new approach in the sense that he considered that his argument could fit within the existing legal precedents and that a stricter approach to the “professional” arm of s 7 was justified by a recent Court of Appeal authority in Hardie v New Zealand Law Society [2024] NZCA 90. 4 Section 7(1)(a). 10 (a) means conduct of the lawyer or incorporated law firm that occurs at a time when he or she or it is providing regulated services and is...