CIV-2002-485-239
CIV-2003-485-26
In the matter of the Law Practitioners Act 1982
Pursuant to section 119 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982, notice is hereby given that on 6 November 2002, the
New Zealand Law Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal ordered as follows:
1. That Peter Andrew Nee-Harland be suspended from practice as a barrister for a period of two years from
6 November 2002.
And that on 4 February 2003, the New Zealand Law Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal ordered as follows:
2. That, pursuant to section 40 (2) of the Legal Services Act 2000, the amount that the practitioner is liable to pay in costs cannot exceed the amount of his initial contribution of $50.00.
3. That the amount the practitioner would have been ordered to pay in costs if section 40 of the Legal Services Act 2000 did not affect his liability would have been $20,000.00.
4. That the practitioner is ordered to pay the sum of $5,000.00 to the New Zealand Law Society in respect
of expenses of and incidental to the proceedings, pursuant to section 129 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982.
And that further, as a result of appeal in the High Court
at Wellington on 29 June 2003, it was ordered as follows:
That the appeal against the decision of the
New Zealand Law Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal dated 6 November 2002 be dismissed and the
appeal against the decision of the New Zealand
Law Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal dated 4 February 2003 be allowed to the extent that the order that the appellant pay the sum of $5,000.00 to the New Zealand Law Society is set aside.
Dated at Wellington this 1st day of March 2005.
SUE LE’AUPEPE, Deputy Registrar, High Court of
New Zealand, Wellington.