Who can request a review
Who can request a review by the Legal Complaints Review Officer.
To review a standards committee's decision about a complaint
The following people or parties can request a review of a standards committee decision in relation to a complaint or a matter arising from a complaint.
- The complainant
- The person the complaint was made against
- A person or body related to the person the complaint was made against
- The New Zealand Law Society
- The New Zealand Society of Conveyancers
To review a decision about a standards committee inquiry
The following people or parties can request a review of a standards committee decision in relation to a standards committee inquiry.
- The person the inquiry relates to
- A person or body related to the person the inquiry relates to
- The New Zealand Law Society
- The New Zealand Society of Conveyancers
To review a standards committee's decision to intervene
The following people or parties can request a review of a standards committee decision to intervene under section 164, section 169 or section 170 of the Act.
- A practitioner or former practitioner directly affected by the standards committee's action
- A person or body related to a practitioner or former practitioner directly affected by the standards committee's action
- An incorporated firm or former incorporated firm directly affected by the standards committee's action
- A banker on whom a notice under section 164(1) was served
- A person to whom a notice under section 170 was served
- The New Zealand Law Society
- The New Zealand Society of Conveyancers
To review a standards committee's exercise of any other powers
The following people or parties can request a review of a standards committee decision to exercise any other functions or powers.
- The New Zealand Law Society
- The New Zealand Society of Conveyancers
- A person who has the leave of the New Zealand Law Society or the New Zealand Society of Conveyancers to apply for a review. Written evidence of that authority will be required.
