8 Apr 2022
LITTLE v NEW ZEALAND LAW SOCIETY | TE KĀHUI TURE O AOTEAROA [2022] NZCA 121
- Citation
- [2022] NZCA 121
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The TTMRA and LCA require a two-step registration process (admission by the High Court and a separate practising certificate application to the NZLS); the Registrar's sending of a duplicate s 19 notice to NZLS does not substitute for an application for a practising certificate, and entitlement must be assessed when the practising-certificate application is made. Because Mr Little did not hold a current Australian practising certificate authorising practice on his own account when he applied in 2020, he was not entitled to a practising certificate permitting practice on his own account and the…