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1. Grants Handbook v4.85.pdf [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...Services Act 2011 6 Transitional policy and procedures 6 About the Legal Services Commissioner 6 Helping legal aid applicants find a lawyer 6 Where to send applications 6 Returning applications 8 Urgent matters 8 Returned mail 8 Active files with no activity 8 Prescribed manner 9 Eligibility for civil and family legal aid 12 Eligible proceedings 12 Eligible applicant 17 Financial eligibility 22 Income and capital assessment 23 Arrears 26 Sufficient merit 27 Spe...

2. Grants Handbook v4.83.pdf [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...Services Act 2011 6 Transitional policy and procedures 6 About the Legal Services Commissioner 6 Helping legal aid applicants find a lawyer 6 Where to send applications 6 Returning applications 8 Urgent matters 8 Returned mail 8 Active files with no activity 8 Prescribed manner 9 Eligibility for civil and family legal aid 12 Eligible proceedings 12 Eligible applicant 17 Financial eligibility 22 Income and capital assessment 23 Arrears 26 Sufficient merit 27 Spe...

3. Grants-Handbook-v4.81.pdf [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...Services Act 2011 8 Transitional policy and procedures 8 About the Legal Services Commissioner 8 Helping legal aid applicants find a lawyer 8 Where to send applications 8 Returning applications 10 Urgent matters 10 Returned mail 10 Active files with no activity 10 Prescribed manner 11 Eligibility for civil and family legal aid 14 Eligible proceedings 14 Eligible applicant 19 Financial eligibility 24 Income and capital assessment 25 Arrears 28 Sufficient merit 29...

4. Grants Handbook v4.86.pdf [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...Services Act 2011 6 Transitional policy and procedures 6 About the Legal Services Commissioner 6 Helping legal aid applicants find a lawyer 6 Where to send applications 6 Returning applications 8 Urgent matters 8 Returned mail 8 Active files with no activity 8 Prescribed manner 9 Eligibility for civil and family legal aid 12 Eligible proceedings 12 Eligible applicant 17 Financial eligibility 22 Income and capital assessment 23 Arrears 26 Sufficient merit 27 Spe...

5. Grants Handbook v4.86.pdf [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...Services Act 2011 6 Transitional policy and procedures 6 About the Legal Services Commissioner 6 Helping legal aid applicants find a lawyer 6 Where to send applications 6 Returning applications 8 Urgent matters 8 Returned mail 8 Active files with no activity 8 Prescribed manner 9 Eligibility for civil and family legal aid 12 Eligible proceedings 12 Eligible applicant 17 Financial eligibility 22 Income and capital assessment 23 Arrears 26 Sufficient merit 27 Spe...

6. Grants-Handbook-v4.88.pdf [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...Services Act 2011 6 Transitional policy and procedures 6 About the Legal Services Commissioner 6 Helping legal aid applicants find a lawyer 6 Where to send applications 6 Returning applications 8 Urgent matters 8 Returned mail 8 Active files with no activity 8 Prescribed manner 9 Eligibility for civil and family legal aid 12 Eligible proceedings 12 Eligible applicant 17 Financial eligibility 22 Income and capital assessment 23 Arrears 26 Sufficient merit 27 Spe...

7. LCRO 168/2016 WT v MD (30 May 2018) [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...Mr WT’s conduct constituted unsatisfactory conduct but took no further action in respect of complaints against Mr PT. In doing so, the Committee determined that the advice provided by Mr PT was “tenable” but that Mr WT’s handling of the file was unsatisfactory.1 [3] The Committee censured Mr WT, ordered him to cancel two invoices totalling $29,080 (fees) and to pay costs to the New Zealand Law Society in the sum of $2,500. [4] Mr WT has applied for review of the Committe...

8. BI v YP & Ors LCRO 115 / 2010 (4 April 2011) [pdf, 97 KB]

   ...equal shares, it appears that the Applicant’s equity in the property was significantly larger than indicated by the title. [4] Before she contacted the law firm she had obtained from another lawyer (in a different NZ town) an estimate of likely fees for the sale of the property, and was given a fees indication of around $4,000. The bill she eventually got from the Practitioners was for $10,703.25. She considered this to be excessively high and wrote to the law firm to query t...

9. Forms & fees

   Make a claim Forms Amount sought Fee Apply online Disputes Tribunal claim form [PDF, 354 KB] Guide to filing a claim form can be found under how to make a claim If the total amount sought under the claim is less than $2000 $61 If the total amount sought under the claim is $2000 or more but less than $5000 $121 If the total amount sought under the claim is between $5000 and $30,000 $243 Acknowledgement from applicant's insurer Free Back to top Rehearings & appeals For

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   1. Disputes Tribunal

10. AE v ZW & ZV LCRO 88 / 2010 (16 November 2010) [pdf, 60 KB]

    ...also considered by the Committee. [7] The Applicant raises five issues where she considers the Standards Committee has based its decision on wrong principles. [8] The Applicant seeks two outcomes:- (i) A determination of a fair and reasonable fee for all of the work carried out on the file in 2008 and early 2009; (ii) A direction as to whether lawyers must now specify to prospective clients that their billing method is calculated with reference to a percentage of the value of the...