Wellington Standards Committee v Sawyer [2013] NZLCDT 47 [pdf, 84 KB]
...clients’ position. Knowing that the clients were personal friends of Mr Sawyer’s, Mr Radich proceeded with some caution and did not suggest, at that stage, that they may have any remedies against Mr Sawyer’s firm. [22] On receiving the request for the file Mr Sawyer who was on leave, went into the practice one evening to tidy the file in order that it could be sent to Mr Radich. Mr Sawyer acknowledged that file management had never been his strong point and when he looked...