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...every chance he got’;17 (iii) Mr CV facilitated the refund of the deposit by providing his trust account details to Mr JW when he had not been instructed to take that step. [40] Ms SM’s complaints did not include a complaint about Mr CV’s fees. Mr CV’s response [41] Mr CV responded briefly,18 expressing his disappointment that Ms SM had not contacted him directly. He also advised that he was unclear ‘on the actual grounds of complaint’. The hearing [42] The notice...
...in LawTalk Issue 357 and was headed “Threat to make criminal allegation”. In that matter, a lawyer was found guilty of unsatisfactory conduct after threatening to make a report to the Securities Commission if the amount at the centre of a civil dispute was not paid. The lawyer’s clients were seeking repayment of a share subscription promoted by the opposing client. The lawyer wrote to the opposing client stating that if payment was not made within a certain time “our client...
...Registrar: Self-represented Complainant: Self-represented Adviser: Self-represented 2 PRELIMINARY [1] Mr Santokh Singh was a client of Mr Patel, the adviser, for the purpose of a residence application. It is alleged that Mr Patel’s fees were extravagant and he did not promptly offer a fair refund when his services were terminated. Mr Patel says his fees were reasonable given the volume of work done and refunding only half the fee paid was fair as he had already done t...
You can apply for a registrar to phone the debtor to assess their ability to pay. This can be useful if: you don’t want to attend a hearing the debtor hasn’t completed a financial statement you don’t have enough information to apply for an attachment order. Fill out the assessment of financial means application form. Make sure you: include the debtor’s phone number include a copy of the judgment or order pay the filing fee You should also include the debtor's address. If we cannot ma
...a lawyer and at the relevant time a partner of [Law Firm 1] (the firm), for failing to disclose information to Ms SE concerning a residential property she was purchasing. The Committee ordered Mr GR to pay a fine, costs, and reduce the firm’s fees. [2] From June 2014 Mr GR, and then from October 2014 his partner, Mr BC, acted for Ms SE on the purchase of a residential section and a house to be built on the section (the property) from [123 Co] Limited (the vendor). 2 [3]...
LEGAL ADVICE LPA 01 01 24 29 July 2021 Hon David Parker, Attorney-General Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Civil Aviation Bill Purpose 1. We have considered whether the Civil Aviation Bill (the Bill) is consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (the Bill of Rights Act). 2. We have not yet received a final version of the Bill. This advice has been prepared in relation to the latest version of the Bill (PCO...
...the payment of all or any of the costs or expenses of the investigation, inquiry, or hearing, or any related prosecution: (h) an order directing the licensed immigration adviser or former licensed immigration adviser to refund all or any part of fees or expenses paid by the complainant or another person to the licensed immigration adviser or former licensed immigration adviser: (i) an order directing the licensed immigration adviser or former licensed immigration adviser to pay re...
...want to achieve 6 Sector-wide goals 6 The Ministry’s strategy 8 Our performance framework 9 What we will do 10 Making communities safer 10 Maintaining the integrity and improving the responsiveness of the justice system 11 Maintaining the civil and democratic rights of New Zealanders 14 How we work 16 Our changing environment 16 Shaping the Ministry to adapt and deliver 16 Appendix 1 Our performance measurement framework 20 Appendix 2 Justice sector key performance in...
...difference between legal aid and specified legal services ............................................ 3 Minor new obligations ........................................................................................................................ 3 Fixed fee payments ............................................................................................................................. 5 Complaint notification ............................................................................