Who can apply to the Tribunal?
A description if which parties can apply to the Tribunal to have their application heard and determined
The following parties can apply to the Tribunal to have their application heard and determined:
- The Standards Committee
- The Legal Complaints Review Officer
- Any person applying for the restoration of their name to the roll for lawyers, or to the register of conveyancers
- Any person applying for the revocation of a suspension order
- Any person appealing a decision of the NZ Law Society or the NZ Society of Conveyancers with respect to a practising certificate
- A practitioner or an incorporated firm applying for the consent to employ a person who:
- is under suspension from practice as a barrister and / or solicitor, or as a conveyancing practitioner
- has had their name struck off the roll
- has had their registration as a conveyancing practitioner cancelled
- is disqualified.
To apply fill out and send the appropriate application form to:
Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal
Tribunals Unit
Private Bag 32-001
Panama Street
Wellington 6146
Laying a charge
A disciplinary charge can only be laid by the Standards Committee or the Legal Complaints Review Officer.
The Tribunal hears and determines disciplinary charges against:
- Practitioners or former practitioners
- Incorporated firms or former incorporated firms
- Employees or former employees of practitioners or former practitioners
- Employees or former employees of incorporated firms or former incorporated firms
If the Tribunal, after hearing a charge, is satisfied that it has been proved that the person has been guilty of misconduct, unsatisfactory conduct, negligence or incompetence, or has been convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment it may make one or more orders under the powers of the Tribunal.
