Nelson Standards Committee v Downing and Reith [2022] NZLCDT 7 (17 February 2022) [pdf, 241 KB]
...conceded by the practitioners in their submissions that “…the ultimatum in relation to the fees was imposed without any sufficient prior indication or warning to Ms [L]. The unpaid fees had been left for a long period without being directly addressed but the consequences were clearly spelt out for Ms [L] to consider and deal with”. Further they accept that they “failed to provide adequate advance warning of this decision” which then meant that the client had “limited tim...