Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Miscellaneous provisions - Transitional provisions in respect of complaints and disciplinary proceedings

361: Revision of practitioner's bill of costs

You could also call this:

"Changing a lawyer's bill of costs"

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You need to know about revising a practitioner's bill of costs. If a District Council did not finish revising a bill of costs within six months, the Lawyers Standards Committee will do it. The Committee will follow the rules in the Law Practitioners Act 1982. You can appeal a decision made by the Lawyers Standards Committee. The appeal will be made to the Registrar, who is mentioned in the Law Practitioners Act 1982. The Registrar's decision can be appealed to the High Court under section 149 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982. Some rules from the Law Practitioners Act 1982 still apply. These rules are about revising bills of costs and appealing decisions. You can find more information in Part 8 and section 100 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982.

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360: Appeal from decision of New Zealand Law Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal or New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal, or

"Appealing a decision made by a disciplinary tribunal to the High Court"

362: Law Society inspectorate, or

"People who check lawyers are doing their job properly"

Part 11Miscellaneous provisions
Transitional provisions in respect of complaints and disciplinary proceedings

361Revision of practitioner's bill of costs

If a District Council within the meaning of the Law Practitioners Act 1982 has not completed, before the close of the period of 6 months beginning with the date of the commencement of this section, the revision under Part 8 of that Act of a practitioner's bill of costs, that revision must be undertaken by the Lawyers Standards Committee appointed under section 356 of this Act to carry out the duties and exercise the powers of a complaints committee appointed pursuant to section 100 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982.
Section 143 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982 has effect, for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, as if, for the words A District Law Society, there were substituted the words The Lawyers Standards Committee appointed under section 356 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 to carry out the duties and exercise the powers of a complaints committee appointed pursuant to section 100 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982.
Despite the repeals effected by this Act, an appeal to the Registrar (within the meaning of the Law Practitioners Act 1982) may be brought under section 148 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982 against the decision of the Lawyers Standards Committee referred to in subsection (2) of this section if the decision could have been the subject of an appeal under section 148 of that Act if it had been made before the commencement of this section by a District Council.
Section 148 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982 has effect, for the purposes of an appeal of the kind described in subsection (3) of this section, as if, for the words a District Council in both places where they occur, there were substituted in each case the words the Standards Committee referred to in section 361(2) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006.
An appeal to the High Court against any decision of the Registrar under section 148 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982 (as applied and modified by this section) may be brought under section 149 of that Act as if that Act had not been repealed.