Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Complaints and discipline - Procedure

213: Obligation to report outcomes and recommendations

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"Tell the right people what happened and why after a review"

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You must report the outcome of each review to the Standards Committee, the applicant, and other people who were allowed to apply for the review under section 193. You also report to the New Zealand Law Society or the New Zealand Society of Conveyancers. The report must state the reasons for any decision made under section 205 or section 211. If you are reporting to a group of people, you can report to just one person in that group. For example, if you need to report to all the people who work in partnership with a lawyer, you can report to just one of those people. If the person being reviewed provides legal services under the Legal Services Act 2011, you must also report to the Secretary for Justice.

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Part 7Complaints and discipline
Procedure

213Obligation to report outcomes and recommendations

  1. The Legal Complaints Review Officer must—

  2. report the outcome of each review to—
    1. the Standards Committee concerned; and
      1. the applicant; and
        1. each of the other persons who was entitled, under section 193, to apply to the Legal Complaints Review Officer for the review; and
        2. report to the New Zealand Law Society or the New Zealand Society of Conveyancers, as the case may require, both the outcome at each review and any recommendations made as a result of the review.
          1. The report of the outcome of a review must state the reasons for any decision made, as a result of that review, under section 205 or section 211.

          2. A duty under subsection (1)(a)(iii) (read with sections 6 and 193 to 197) to report the outcome of a review to each member of a class (of related persons) in column 1 of a row of the following table is performed sufficiently by reporting that outcome only to the individual or smaller class (of related persons) in column 2 of that row:

            The following table is small in size and has 2 columns. Column 1 is headed Class. Column 2 is headed Individual or smaller class.
            Column 1
            Class
            Column 2
            Individual or smaller class
            1 All persons who practise in partnership with the practitioner Any 1 of those persons who practise in partnership with the practitioner
            2 All directors of an incorporated law firm or incorporated conveyancing firm in which the practitioner practises Any 1 of those directors of that firm
            3 All shareholders of an incorporated law firm or incorporated conveyancing firm in which the practitioner practises All shareholders of that firm who are shareholders of that firm in respect of shares that confer voting rights

          3. If the person who is the subject of the review is a provider under the Legal Services Act 2011, the Legal Complaints Review Officer must report both the outcome of the review and any recommendations made as a result of the review to the Secretary for Justice.

          Notes
          • Section 213(2A): inserted, on , by section 14 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 92).
          • Section 213(3): added, on , by section 142 of the Legal Services Act 2011 (2011 No 4).