Wynn Williams & Co v Kain - [2011] 3 NZLR 709

Commercial law — Credit contracts — Contract for payment of legal fees — Whether consumer credit contract — Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003, ss 6 and 11(1).

Contract — Formation — Exchange of emails — Effect of term that formal agreement to be signed — Whether agreement concluded by exchange of emails.

Law practitioners — Bill of costs — Dispute as to liability to pay legal fees — Complaint dismissed by Law Society — Whether determination by Law Society as to amount precluded court from inquiring into liability — Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, s 161.