Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Conduct of practice by practitioners - Practice rules and regulations

107: Effect of practice rules

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You must follow the practice rules of the New Zealand Law Society if you are a lawyer. The practice rules are also binding on former lawyers and incorporated law firms. They do not apply to other people. You must follow the practice rules of the New Zealand Society of Conveyancers if you are a conveyancing practitioner. The practice rules are also binding on former conveyancing practitioners. They do not apply to other people. No agreement can make you break the practice rules. If an agreement says you must break the rules, that part of the agreement is not valid.

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Practice rules and regulations

107Effect of practice rules

The practice rules of the New Zealand Law Society are binding on all lawyers and former lawyers, whether or not they are members of the New Zealand Law Society, and on all incorporated law firms and former incorporated law firms, but are not binding on other persons.
The practice rules of the New Zealand Society of Conveyancers are binding on all conveyancing practitioners and former conveyancing practitioners, whether or not they are members of the New Zealand Society of Conveyancers, but are not binding on other persons.
No partnership deed, employment agreement, or other legal arrangement governing the manner in which a practitioner is in practice, business, or employment may require a practitioner to act in breach of the practice rules and any part of a deed, condition of employment, agreement, or other legal arrangement that purports to require such conduct is void.

Notes

Section 107(1): amended (with effect from 1 August 2008), on 4 August 2008, by section 10 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 54).