28 Sept 2017
SANDILANDS v NZ LAW SOCIETY [2017] NZHC 2369
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 2369
- Court
- High Court
Because the first respondent admitted a reviewable error, the Court set aside the Standards Committee decision and remitted the matter for fresh consideration; the applicant, as a lay litigant, is not entitled to recover solicitor 'costs' absent exceptional circumstances which were not shown; limited disbursements that were reasonably incurred and shown may be ordered (filing fee and courier charges), but fees paid to law firms require particularised, unredacted invoices before any reimbursement can be ordered.