Kooky Garments Ltd v Charlton - [1994] 1 NZLR 587

Courts — Jurisdiction — Inherent jurisdiction — Judicial control of counsel and solicitors — Undermining judicial process — Conflict of interest between solicitor and client — Intervention by Court — Summary power to award costs against solicitors.

Practice and procedure — Costs — Law practitioners — Solicitors and counsel — Undermining judicial process — Conflict of interest between solicitor and client — Power to award costs against solicitors.

Law practitioners — Audience — Conduct of proceedings — Integrity of judicial process — Duty of counsel to be independent and objective — Undermining judicial process — Judicial control of counsel — Client's choice of counsel — Conflict of interest between client and practitioner representing client in Court — Order for payment of costs by solicitor.