Todd Aaron Marteley v The Legal Services Commissioner

[2014] NZSC 94

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

SC 61/2014
[2014] NZSC 94

BETWEEN	TODD AARON MARTELEY Applicant
AND	THE LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSIONER Respondent

Court:	Elias CJ, McGrath and Glazebrook JJ
Counsel:	A J Ellis for the Applicant F M R Cooke QC for the Respondent
Judgment:	22 July 2014

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

AThe application for leave to appeal is granted (The Legal Services Commissioner v Marteley [2014] NZCA 185).

BThe approved questions are:

(a)Was the interpretation of s 8 of the Legal Services Act 2011 by the majority of the Court of Appeal correct?

(b)Should costs have been awarded to the applicant in the courts below?

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Solicitors:
Carole Curtis, Auckland for Applicant
David Howden, Wellington for Respondent