Wells v Wellington District Law Society - [1997] 1 NZLR 660

Law practitioners — Right to practise — Alleged conflict of interest in breach of rules of professional conduct — Whether law society could interfere with contractual relationship between solicitor and client through enforcement of rules of professional conduct — Relationship between rules of professional conduct and the right of a solicitor to practise — Law Practitioners Act 1982, ss 17, 56 and 57(1) — New Zealand Law Society Rules of Professional Conduct for Barristers and Solicitors, RR 1.02 and 1.05.