LCRO 158/2019 RL v BN, TG and VK (1 April 2021) [pdf, 604 KB]
...from acting for Ms RL shortly before the trial was to commence, on account of Ms RL’s inability to pay her fees. A settlement was negotiated with [Co 2]. The complaint and the Standards Committee decision Ms RL lodged a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (NZLS) on 31 March 2018. The substance of her complaint was that: (a) She had been provided with negligent advice by [JPBN] and advised to advance a counterclaim when that claim had little prospect...