Grieve v Waikato Bay of Plenty District Law Society - [1999] 1 NZLR 62

Legal aid — Criminal law — Assignment of practitioners — Application to be added to list of practitioners maintained pursuant to s 17 of the Legal Services Act — Applicant from outside society's geographic region — Society had policy of not adding such practitioners to the list unless had established practice within district — Practitioner otherwise fit and proper person for inclusion — Whether society had acted illegally in applying policy — Legal Services Act 1991, ss 17 and 18.