Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Complaints and discipline - Standards Committees

126: Lawyers Standards Committees

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"Groups that help deal with complaints about lawyers"

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The New Zealand Law Society sets up one or more Lawyers Standards Committees. You can think of these committees as part of a service that handles complaints. The New Zealand Law Society chooses the members for each committee.

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Part 7Complaints and discipline
Standards Committees

126Lawyers Standards Committees

  1. The New Zealand Law Society must, by practice rules, establish 1 or more Lawyers Standards Committees as part of its complaints service.

  2. The members of each Lawyers Standards Committee are to be appointed by the New Zealand Law Society.