LCRO 63/2024 WL v AC and TU (25 November 2024) [pdf, 205 KB]
...application to the Family Court for a costs award against his former partner was made for the first time in his review application. It is not appropriate for a review officer to consider a complaint at first instance, even though the respondents have addressed it. If the applicant wishes to pursue that matter, he needs to make a fresh complaint to the New Zealand Law Society Lawyers Complaints Service. (c) Was the applicant given a quote or an estimate and what was its scope? [71] T...