LCRO - Costs Orders guidelines [pdf, 256 KB]
Costs Orders Guidelines General 1. These guidelines set out the approach that the Legal Complaints Review Officer (LCRO) will take to making awards of costs in respect of applications for review. The jurisdiction to make awards of costs is found in s 210 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006. 2. The following considerations will be relevant to the making of any costs orders: • Whether the making of the complaint was justified (even if no finding of unsatisfactory conduct is ultima...