29 Oct 2019
McGUIRE v NEW ZEALAND LAW SOCIETY [2019] NZHC 2748
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 2748
- Court
- High Court
No agreement existed between the instructing lawyer and the barrister that the client would be solely responsible for payment; therefore r 10.7 applied and the instructing lawyer breached r 10.7 by failing to pay and by not promptly disputing the fee through proper professional channels; the Standards Committee was not biased and the judicial review is dismissed.