Lai v Chamberlains

JurisdictionNew Zealand
Year2005
Date2005
CourtCourt of Appeal
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10 cases
  • D'orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 10 March 2005
    ... ... The immunity should not be reconsidered ... 205 Despite the House of Lords' decision in Arthur J S Hall and the recent decision of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand in Lai v Chamberlains 256 , I am not persuaded, for the reasons that I have given, that the common law of Australia should abandon the immunity of advocates or hold that it does not apply to out-of-court advice concerning a plea of guilty. It covers the present case including the allegation that the advice to plead ... ...
  • Nudd v R
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 9 March 2006
    ...755 at 794 [216]; 214 ALR 92 at 146. 52Arthur J S Hall & Co v Simons [2002] 1 AC 615, reversing Rondel v Worsley [1969] 1 AC 191. 53Lai v Chamberlains [2005] 3 NZLR 291. See D'Orta-Ekenaike (2005) 79 ALJR 755 at 793–794 [215]; 214 ALR 92 at 145–146. 54 See references to the law in the Uni......
  • Lai v Chamberlains
    • New Zealand
    • Supreme Court
    • Invalid date
  • Body Corporate 207624 v Grimshaw & Co
    • New Zealand
    • High Court
    • 28 April 2023
    ...20 June 2011 (being the date that the UTA10 came into force); 40 41 42 Gilbert v Shanahan [1998] 3 NZLR 528 (CA). Lai v Chamberlains [2005] 3 NZLR 291 (CA) at Antons Trawling Ltd v Dawson & Associates Ltd [2016] NZHC 982 at [186]–[187] applying Simperingham v Martin HC Auckland CP 316/93 19......
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  • Advocate's Immunity from Suit: Goddard Elliott (a firm) v Fritsch [2012] VSC 87
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 12 August 2012
    ...followed the House of Lords in approving the immunity in Rees v Sinclair [1974] 1 NZLR 180 and then revoking it in Lai v Chamberlain [2005] 3 NZLR 291 7 D'Orta-Ekenaike, per McHugh J at [188] 8 At [168] 9 As listed by McHugh J in D'Orta-Ekenaike at [154] & [155] 10 Dal Pont, G E: Lawyer......

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