Liability Of Barristers
(N.Z. Press Association)
AUCKLAND, April 23.
A suggestion that barristers should be liable to claims by their clients was made by an Auckland lawyer, Mr D. A. R. Williams, in a paper read today to the students’ law conference being held at Auckland University. A recent decision by the House of Lords could have removed the long-standing immunity of barristers, Mr Williams said.
This decision that a negligent. though honest, misrepresentation by a barrister may result in a suit for damages for financial loss could have far-reaching effects on the Bar in New Zealand and the general public, he said. Mr Williams said he could not see why barristers were the only group of professional people who claimed immunity from suit-
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30733, 24 April 1965, Page 3
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124Liability Of Barristers Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30733, 24 April 1965, Page 3
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