New Zealand Legislation: Acts

81 Application of sections 82 to 84

• Sections 82 to 84 of this Act apply in any case where a Council that is entitled to exercise any power under section 82 or section 83 of this Act is satisfied, in respect of any solicitor, that—

  • (a) There is reasonable cause to believe that he has been guilty of theft or of any improper conduct in relation to the money or other property of any other person; or

  • (b) There is reasonable cause to believe that any money or other property entrusted to him has been stolen by his employee or agent; or

  • (c) He is, owing to physical or mental disability, unable to properly administer his trust account; or

  • (d) He has died; or

  • (e) He has been adjudicated a bankrupt; or

  • (f) His name has been struck off the roll; or

  • (g) He has been suspended from practice; or

  • (h) He has been ordered by the New Zealand Disciplinary Tribunal not to practise as a solicitor on his own account; or

  • (i) He has ceased to practise and has neglected to wind up his trust account.

  Compare: 1955 No 101 ss 73(1), 74(1), 97(1)