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High Court Wellington
CIV-2010-404-2868; [2012] NZHC 2154
28, 29 February; 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 March; 24 August 2012
Heath J
CIV-2010-404-2868; [2012] NZHC 2154
28, 29 February; 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 March; 24 August 2012
Heath J
Judicial review — Prosecution — Whether decisions of Standards Committee subject to judicial review — Whether Standards Committee acting judicially or as prosecutor — Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, ss 152 and 154.
Judicial review — Remedies — Whether judicial review available — Whether other remedies need be exhausted first — Legal Complaints Review Officer — Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, s 192.
Judicial review — Statutory decision-making power — Whether threshold test applicable for reference to Tribunal — Whether charges need to be sufficiently serious — Whether threshold test implicit — Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, s 152.
Law practitioners — Disciplinary proceedings — Whether threshold test implicit — Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, s 152.