New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

13 Dealing with claim

• (1) The Law Society must consider and deal with a claim with all reasonable expedition consistent with the nature of the claim and the surrounding circumstances.

  (2) In order to facilitate or assist the consideration of a claim, the Law Society may, as it thinks fit, do all or any of the following:

  • (a) make or cause to be made any inquiries or obtain any reports that it thinks fit concerning the claim or concerning any other claim or possible claims relating to the lawyer or other person in respect of whose acts the claim is made:

  • (b) request that the claimant, or any person having actual knowledge of the matter, verify by statutory declaration any statement, fact, or other matter relating to the claim:

  • (c) request that the claimant produce as exhibits to a declaration or otherwise all deeds, documents, and any other material of any nature or description relating to the claim:

  • (d) request that the claimant appear before any person appointed by the Law Society in respect of any matter relating to the claim.