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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Complaints and discipline - Powers of Legal Complaints Review Officer

205: Legal Complaints Review Officer may strike out, determine, or adjourn application for review

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"The Legal Complaints Review Officer can stop or delay your complaint review if it's not valid."

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The Legal Complaints Review Officer can strike out an application for review if you have no reasonable cause. They can also do this if your application will cause prejudice or delay, or if it is frivolous. The Officer can strike out your application if it is an abuse of process. If you are not at the hearing, the Legal Complaints Review Officer can strike out your application. They can also determine your application without you, or adjourn the hearing. This means they can postpone the hearing to a later date. You can find more information about the changes to this law in the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018.

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Part 7Complaints and discipline
Powers of Legal Complaints Review Officer

205Legal Complaints Review Officer may strike out, determine, or adjourn application for review

  1. The Legal Complaints Review Officer may strike out, in whole or in part, an application for review if satisfied that it—

  2. discloses no reasonable cause of action; or
    1. is likely to cause prejudice or delay; or
      1. is frivolous or vexatious; or
        1. is otherwise an abuse of process.

          1. If a party is neither present nor represented at the hearing of an application for review, the Legal Complaints Review Officer may,—

          2. if the party is required to be present, strike out the application; or
            1. determine the application in the absence of the party; or
              1. adjourn the hearing.

                Notes
                • Section 205: replaced, on , by section 120 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).