New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Standards committee decisions

Legal area

Court

20 Feb 2023

MCGUIRE v CENTRAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE [2023] NZHC 242

Citation

[2023] NZHC 242
Court

High Court

The application for judicial review was dismissed: the Tribunal chair correctly limited the upcoming hearings to non‑compliance issues and did not err; Central Standards Committee 3 was not required to give reasons for referral and validly rescinded its referral; General Standards Committee 1 reasonably relied on the applicant's email as an agreement to refund and did not err in law or fact; General Standards Committee 3 considered the indemnity and any LCRO error on penalty was immaterial; and prior judicial determinations and settlement concerning Wellington Committee 1 preclude relitigatio…
23 Aug 2018

FRANCISC CATALIN DELIU v NATIONAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE AND AUCKLAND STANDARDS COMMITTEE 1 OF THE NEW ZEALAND LAW SOCIETY [2018] NZHC 2171

Citation

[2018] NZHC 2171
Court

High Court

The court exercised its discretion to award costs to the Law Society: full costs for the liability appeal due to the appellant being unsuccessful and the factual complexity justifying certification for second counsel; 50% of the penalty appeal costs because the cross-appeal added little extra work; reasonable limited costs for the judicial review; and recovery of uncontested disbursements, while permitting respondents to uplift the security for costs.