Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Miscellaneous provisions - Transitional provisions relating to Solicitors' Fidelity Guarantee Fund

365: Claims in relation to Solicitors' Fidelity Guarantee Fund

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"Claims for money stolen by lawyers before 1982 law change"

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You cannot make a claim against the Solicitors' Fidelity Guarantee Fund for theft that happens on or after the day the Law Practitioners Act 1982 is repealed. You can make a claim for theft that happened before the Law Practitioners Act 1982 is repealed, but only if you told the New Zealand Law Society or the Management Committee in writing before the deadline. The deadline is 12 months after the New Zealand Law Society gives a report to the Minister under section 367.

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Part 11Miscellaneous provisions
Transitional provisions relating to Solicitors' Fidelity Guarantee Fund

365Claims in relation to Solicitors' Fidelity Guarantee Fund

No person has any claim against the Solicitors' Fidelity Guarantee Fund in relation to any theft committed on or after the date on which the repeal of the Law Practitioners Act 1982 takes effect.
No person has any claim against the Solicitors' Fidelity Guarantee Fund in respect of any theft committed before the date on which the repeal of the Law Practitioners Act 1982 takes effect unless that person has, on or before the last date for submitting claims, given notice of the claim in writing to the Council of the New Zealand Law Society or to the Management Committee appointed under Part 9 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982.
The last date for submitting a claim is the last day of the period of 12 months beginning with the date on which a report under section 367 is submitted by the New Zealand Law Society to the Minister.