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1. LCRO 63/2024 WL v AC and TU (25 November 2024) [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...for costs on his defence of the protection order application. [7] I mention these matters because they indicate the intensive subjectivity of the applicant’s emotional response to the circumstances and because of their potential relevance to the fees complaint traversed later in this decision and the expansion of the applicant’s complaint on review also discussed later. [8] The firm issued a letter of engagement dated 4 August 2022 regarding the specific matter. The letter inclu...

2. Waikato Bay of Plenty Standards Committee 2 v Leach [2024] NZLCDT 19 (3 July 2024) [pdf, 271 KB]

   ...disregard of those provisions. [10] We noted that the error was only exposed when the client, Ms H, queried the lack of progress in the proceedings. Ms H had phoned the Court and discovered to her dismay that the proceedings had never been filed and it was later confirmed that no filing fee had been paid. In these circumstances, the practitioner’s wrongful retention could have continued indefinitely even beyond the somewhat inexplicable period of seven months in which it rema...

3. AM v AN LCRO 69/2013 (19 December 2014) [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...application had been declined. [8] Ms AM says that she supervised the lawyers in the firm who attended to Mr AN’s instructions,7 2 Email AN to NZLS (2 December 2011). that the fees were a reasonable reflection of the amount of work done for Mr AN under urgency. AO’s position is that Mr AN was told what the work would cost 3 Email AN to NZLS (31 October 2011). 4 Letter AO to NZLS (16 November 2011). 5Letters...

4. LCRO 43/2016 XZ v QW [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...for spousal maintenance. [3] Ms QW delegated a considerable amount of the work involved in preparing the maintenance application to Ms GL. [4] Ms XZ was unhappy with the representation she received from both lawyers. She had concerns about the fees charged, and the quality of the advice provided 2 [5] She filed complaints with the Lawyers Complaints Service about both practitioners. The complaint and the Standards Committee decision [6] Ms XZ lodged a complaint in respect to M...

5. LCRO 46/2025 WP v HJ and NB (12 August 2025) [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...that: (a) the firm had been conflicted when taking instructions from her; and (b) advice provided by the lawyers had been “poor and inadequate”; and (c) initial advice provided to the effect that a privacy waiver should be executed and her file obtained from the employer before determining further steps was inadequate; and (d) conventional practice would have been to immediately file a personal grievance; and 1 Referenced in this decision as “the firm”. Mr HJ and Ms NB w...

6. Find a fee

   Find all Ministry, Court, and Tribunal fees in one place. Fees are organised by jurisdictions.If you are unsure how to find the relevant fee for your application, please check the information on the Ministry website or call us on 0800 COURTS. Last updated 1 July 2025. Collections Services Collections Services Criminal Records Check Criminal Records Check District Court (Civil) District Court (Civil) District Courts and High Courts (Criminal) District Courts and High Courts (Criminal) Employment...

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7. AP v ZK LCRO 66 / 2010 (16 February 2011) [pdf, 84 KB]

   ...made. [2] The Committee‟s decision further noted that a meeting between the parties in November 2008 had resolved many of the matters in issue, but as the Applicant nevertheless wished to pursue his complaints (which included complaints about fees charged by the Practitioner), the Committee thereafter resolved that one of two bills of costs should be subjected to a costs assessment. The other bill fell below the threshold for consideration and the Committee could find no spec...

8. Final decisions & responses to review of criminal fixed fees published

   The Legal Services Commissioner’s decision and response to the review of the criminal fixed fees is now published. The review aimed to gather information on how the fees are working in practice and to identify any issues or gaps in the schedules. Increases in Government funding to enable the Legal Services Commissioner to revise the criminal legal aid fees will be staged over three years from 2016 to 2018. Three new separate criminal legal aid fee schedules have been developed for each financi...

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9. LCRO 12/2025 AO v FA and CY (28 February 2025) [pdf, 227 KB]

   ...required information. They may, but are not required to, upload supporting documents in a recognisable file format (attachment). [7] The attachment upload option appears near the final stages of the online form completion process. [8] Payment of the filing fee constitutes the final step. [9] Upon successful online payment of the filing fee, a window appears recording the date and time of the payment with an option for the applicant to print that out (the online receipt). [10] The O...

10. BX v F Ltd [2024] NZDT 12 (21 February 2024) [pdf, 131 KB]

    ...received a parking ticket for unauthorised parking for an amount of $160.00. The applicant seeks a declaration of non-liability for an amount of $305.00 which includes the amount of the parking ticket, penalty charges for non-payment and the Tribunal’s filing fee. 2. At today’s hearing the representative for the respondent, HX, told the Tribunal that the applicant had not been charged a penalty fee as she had disputed the ticket. Therefore, the only amount she was liable to pay th...