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Complaint / Committee declined to take further action on complaints / applicant not client of respondent / mortgagee auction / respondents comments over lease / misleading and deceptive conduct / Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 rule 11.1 / HELD / rule 11.1 directed at business aspects of practice / comments accurate reflection of position / Committee’s decision modified / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee declined to take further action on complaints / Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 rule 11.3 / failure to supervise / HELD / no failure to supervise / conduct occurred before 1 August 2008 / Committee’s decision confirmed / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee declined to take further action on complaints / complaint about fees / complaint about representation / complaint respondent acted without practicing certificate / Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 section 6 / Property (Relationships) Act 1976 section 21F/ HELD / applicant appropriately represented / fees fair and reasonable / Committee’s decision confirmed / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee declined to take further action on complaints / respondent appointed by court / power of attorney / complaint over comments made by respondent / complaint over how respondent handled matters / HELD / Office not appropriate forum for concerns / comments do not raise issues / Committee’s decision confirmed / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee found unsatisfactory conduct / own motion investigation / Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 rule 2.10 / rule 10 / rule 11 / natural justice / predetermination / HELD / own-motion outcome predetermined / Committee’s decision reversed / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee declined to take further action on complaints / complaints related to charges before NZLCDT / Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 s 147 / defective notice / improper motive / HELD / no engagement by applicant / no evidence for complaint/ Committee’s decision confirmed / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee declined to take further action on complaints / complaints related to charges before NZLCDT / Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 s 147 / defective notice / HELD / no engagement by applicant / no evidence for complaint/ Committee’s decision confirmed / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee declined to take further action on complaints / complaints related to charges before NZLCDT / Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 s 147 / defective notice / respondent misled Tribunal / HELD / no engagement by applicant / no evidence for complaint/ Committee’s decision confirmed / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee declined to take further action on complaints / complaints related to charges before NZLCDT / Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 s 147 / defective notice / improper motive / HELD / no engagement by applicant / no evidence for complaint/ Committee’s decision confirmed / section 211(1)(a)
Date of Decision: 29 November 2017
Date of Decision: 28 November 2017
Complaint / Committee found unsatisfactory conduct for respondent / respondent acted for applicant in litigation / excessive fees / fee agreement / Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 rule 9.1 / HELD / fees excessive / Committee’s decision confirmed / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee declined to take further action on complaints / respondent acted for applicant in litigation / complaint litigation conducted incompetently / complaint applicant treated discourteously / complaint applicant ignored Judge’s order / excessive fees / HELD / representation was competent / applicant treated courteously / discovery issues not sufficiently grave to merit sanction / fees fair and reasonable / Committee’s decision confirmed / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee found unsatisfactory conduct / applicant acted for respondents / summary judgment sought for fees / Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 rule 13.1 / rule 13.5 / rule 13.5.3 / rule 11 / rule 4.4.1 / rule 2.3 / independence in litigation / lien over files / misleading conduct to court and costs assessor / HELD / breach of rule 13.5 and 13.5.3 / applicant mistaken in view of lien / breach of rule 4.4.1 reversed / cost assessor not mislead / court not mislead / Committee’s decision modified / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee found unsatisfactory conduct / delay by respondent resulting in bankruptcy of applicant / respondent fined / applicant sought compensation / Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 rule 5.11 / HELD / respondent accepts breach of rule 5.11 / respondent voluntarily paid compensation / Committee’s decision modified / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee referred matter to the NZLCDT / failure to terminate retainer / failure to account for trust money / acting without instructions / Zhao v The Legal Complaints Review Officer [2016] NZHC 2622 / Orlov v New Zealand Law Society [2013] NZCA 230, [2013] 3 NZLR 562 / HELD / Standards Committee not required to give reasons for referral / no concern over process followed / Committee’s decision confirmed / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee declined to take further action on complaints / dispute over estate / respondent acted for executor / advice of respondent led to dispute / duties owed to inform others of entitlement / HELD / respondent owed duties to executor / respondent transferred shares in land when requested / Committee’s decision confirmed / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee declined to take further action on complaints / dispute over insurance remediation / respondent acted for insurers / experts conference held / complaint alleges fraud / Zhao v The Legal Complaints Review Officer [2017] NZHC 1561 / Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 rule 2.4 / alleged fraud of respondent / HELD / respondent advancing clients’ interests / no evidence of fraud / Committee’s decision confirmed / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee declined to take further action on complaints / dispute between directors / respondent filed proceedings in district court / District Court Rules 2014 rule 5.38 / Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 rule 2.3 / rule 3 / authorisation to file / improper purpose / HELD / no authority to file proceedings / incorrect filing was improper purpose / failure to act competently / Committee’s decision reversed / section 211(1)(a) and (b)
Complaint / Committee declined to take further action on complaints / dispute over taxation advice / respondent emailed applicant on behalf of respondent’s clients / Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 rule 2.7 / rule 6 / threats / improper purpose / refusal to continue corresponding / HELD / email not capable of threat / duty of respondent not to correspond further / Committee’s decision confirmed / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee found unsatisfactory conduct / fee dispute / decision sent to another partner of firm / applicants disputed personal responsibility / HELD / applicants had duties as partners in firm / lawyers have personal responsibility towards obligations / Committee’s decision confirmed / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee declined to take further action on complaints / complaint over handling of estate / HELD / no merit to complaints / Committee’s decision confirmed / section 211(1)(a)
Complaint / Committee declined to take further action on complaints / fee complaint / complaint that respondent did not follow instructions / Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 rule 9.1 / HELD / fees fair and reasonable / respondent acting under instruction / Committee’s decision confirmed / section 211(1)(a)
Dated 01 November 2017
Complaint / Committee found unsatisfactory conduct / relationship property division / respondent acted for both parties prior / Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care Rules) 2008 rule 6.1 / conflict of interest / applicant unaware of undertaking / HELD / not acting for applicant / no conflict of interest / Committee’s decision reversed / section 211(1)(a)