Deliu v Executive Board of the New Zealand Law Society - [2013] 3 NZLR 833

Judicial review — Statutory power of decision — Decisions by Executive Board of New Zealand Law Society relating to potential application to High Court to suspend practitioner from practice — Decisions to instruct counsel and to apply to High Court for access to court files — Whether decisions amenable to application for review under Judicature Amendment Act 1972 — Whether "statutory power of decision” — Judicature Amendment Act 1972, ss 3 and 4.

Law practitioners — Disciplinary proceedings — Potential application to High Court to suspend practitioner from practice — Whether preliminary decisions to appoint counsel and to inspect court files amenable to judicial review — Whether existing disciplinary proceedings should first run course — Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, s 268.