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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Admission and enrolment of barristers and solicitors - Admission of barristers and solicitors

51: Evidence of suitability

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You need a certificate to show you are suitable to be a barrister and solicitor. This certificate must be signed by the executive director of the New Zealand Law Society or someone they authorise. The certificate says you are a fit and proper person and meet the criteria set out in section 54.

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51Evidence of suitability

  1. A certificate purporting to be signed by the executive director of the New Zealand Law Society, or a person authorised for the purpose, by name or office, by the Council of the New Zealand Law Society, and certifying that a candidate is both a fit and proper person to be admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court and a person who meets the criteria prescribed by rules made under section 54 is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, sufficient evidence of those facts.