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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Complaints and discipline - Procedure

207: Evidence

You could also call this:

"Looking at Evidence to Help Make a Decision"

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When a Standards Committee makes a decision, you can ask for it to be reviewed. The Legal Complaints Review Officer can look for and get any evidence they think is needed. They can also do their own investigations to help make a decision. The Legal Complaints Review Officer can use any relevant evidence or information, even if it's not normally allowed in court. This means they can consider a wide range of information to help them make a decision. They can use this information to review the Standards Committee's decision.

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Part 7Complaints and discipline
Procedure

207Evidence

  1. In relation to any review of a determination of a Standards Committee, the Legal Complaints Review Officer may, on his or her own initiative, seek and receive such evidence and make such investigations and inquiries as he or she thinks fit.

  2. The Legal Complaints Review Officer may receive and take into account any relevant evidence or information, whether or not that evidence or information would normally be inadmissible in a court of law.

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