LCRO 158/2015 PL v VD (21 February 2019) [pdf, 178 KB]
...3 that it made allegation of fraud when there was no evidential basis to support such a claim, justified an increased costs award for his client. The Complaint and the Standards Committee decision [11] Mr VD lodged a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (NZLS) on [Date 6]. The substance of his complaint was that: (a) the email of [Date 3] (as reproduced in paragraph [9] above) was a “transparent threat” by Mr PL to make a complaint to NZLS unles...