1 Aug 2016
SKAGEN v WELLINGTON STANDARDS COMMITTEE OF THE NEW ZEALAND LAW SOCIETY [2016] NZHC 1772
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 1772
- Court
- High Court
The Court held that taking payment and invoicing a client without having an instructing solicitor in place constituted accepting instructions and supported findings of misconduct for failing to act competently and to repay funds; however, fixed lump-sum fees invoiced and paid in advance to a barrister sole in these factual circumstances did not, on their wording, fall within s110 or regs9-10 and therefore the Tribunal's findings on charges grounded solely on those provisions were quashed; investigators have broad statutory powers to require production of accounts and documents, and privilege…