Complainant A v New Zealand Law Society

[2018] NZSC 8

NOTE: HIGH COURT ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF THE NAME OF THE SECOND RESPONDENT REMAINS IN FORCE.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

SC 95/2017
[2018] NZSC 8

BETWEEN

COMPLAINANT A
Applicant

AND

NEW ZEALAND LAW SOCIETY
First Respondent

Z, A LAWYER
Second Respondent

Court:	Elias CJ, William Young and OʼRegan JJ
Counsel:	Applicant in person D R La Hood and R M A Kós for First Respondent H W King for Second Respondent
Judgment:	7 February 2018

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

The application for recall of this Court’s judgment in Complainant A v New Zealand Law Society [2017] NZSC 158 is dismissed.

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REASONS

1. The applicant applies for recall of this Court’s judgment dealing with his application for leave to appeal.[1]  In that judgment, the Court dismissed the applicant’s application for leave to appeal against the judgment of Clifford J, in which Clifford J had dismissed the applicant’s application for review of a decision of the Registrar of the Court of Appeal refusing to dispense with security of costs in relation to his appeal to the Court of Appeal.[2]

   [1]Complainant A v New Zealand Law Society [2017] NZSC 158.

   [2]Complainant A v New Zealand Law Society [2017] NZCA 373.

2. This Court’s judgment was issued on 12 October 2017 and the application for recall was filed on 5 February 2018. 

3. The arguments made in support of the application for recall do not reveal any proper basis for the recall of the judgment.  The application for recall is therefore dismissed.

Solicitors:
Luke Cunningham & Clere, Wellington for First Respondent
DAC Beachcroft New Zealand Ltd, Auckland for Second Respondent