JQ v QM LCRO 97 / 2011 (28 August 2012) [pdf, 84 KB]
...intimidating or inappropriate. It was claimed that the Practitioner was ringing in his personal capacity as a defendant, not in his professional capacity as a lawyer. Counsel submitted that in these circumstances the Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care Rules 2008 (“the Rules”) did not apply. [7] In the course of the Standards Committee enquiry the Practitioner was asked to specifically address whether or not the test of misconduct set out in section 7(1)(b)(ii) applied to him. T...