LCRO 189/2020 ZK v XM (30 August 2021) [pdf, 168 KB]
...trial over a period of approximately 12 months. Final invoices for work undertaken during the trial remain unpaid. The complaint and the Standards Committee decision [7] Mr ZK lodged a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (NZLS) on 7 June 2019. The substance of his complaint was that: (a) Mr XM had been advised at commencement that he did not have the financial means to meet his legal costs and would require a grant of legal aid; and (b) Mr XM had ag...