LCRO 117/2018 VR v BJ (30 August 2019) [pdf, 183 KB]
...provided to Ms BJ that “show a disputed debt prior to the [H]igh [C]ourt action” initiated by her client. [16] Mr VR claimed Ms BJ “abused the process” referred to in r 2.3 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules) which prohibits a lawyer issuing a statutory demand in circumstances where the lawyer knows, or fails to make enquiries that the debt “is bona fide disputed”.3 [17] He said the debt concerned advertising the...