Accent Management Ltd v Commissioner of Inland Revenue - [2013] 3 NZLR 374

Crown — Civil liability — Representation — Litigation against Commissioner of Inland Revenue — Whether Crown counsel should be debarred — Whether Crown Law Office sufficiently independent to comply with obligations to Court — Whether Protocol between Commissioner of Inland Revenue and Solicitor-General compromised independence of Solicitor-General — Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008, rr 5 and 13.

Law Practitioners — Audience — Whether Crown Law Office and its counsel should be debarred — Whether Crown Law Office sufficiently independent to comply with obligations to Court — Whether Protocol between Commissioner of Inland Revenue and Solicitor-General compromised independence of Solicitor-General — Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008, rr 5 and 13.

Revenue — Practice and procedure — Representation by Crown Law Office — Whether Crown counsel should be debarred — Whether Crown Law Office sufficiently independent to comply with obligations to Court — Whether Protocol between Commissioner of Inland Revenue and Solicitor-General compromised independence of Solicitor-General — Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008, rr 5 and 13.