LCRO 29/2023 CP v SW and KM (19 December 2023) [pdf, 245 KB]
...or right to complain was imposed unfairly. [56] The outcomes the applicant sought were: (a) refund of his $1,000 deposit; (b) a public apology; (c) permission to publish the story in the news media and on social media; (d) “terminate the licence of the lawyer because of the bad behaviour of misleading the rules and deliberately seriously ‘punishing’ the client because of potential complaint”. The Standards Committee decision [57] The Committee delivered its decision on 1...