10 Mar 2023

Independent panel wants review of lawyer complaints

From Morning Report, 7:47 am on 10 March 2023

An independent panel is calling for a complete review of how complaints about lawyers are handled.

Its three members say the old legislation is no longer fit for purpose. 

The 192 page report calls for a new watchdog agency that will help prevent the kind culture that spurred the review in the first place in the wake of sexual misconduct at the firm Russell McVeigh.

Law professor Ron Paterson headed the panel. 

He spoke to Corin Dann.