SUSPENSION OF MR. LUNDON.
COURT RESERVES DECISION. f ■-'-'< ,"."■ •/': t '-■>!:'.'" ■ '.'■■. -': [BY TELEGRAPH.OWN, , COHBESPONDEXT.]; 1 WELLINGTON. Thursday. The hearing of the application of the Law Society; that John •R. Lundon should be struck .off the roll of barristers and solicitors of the Supreme Court of ; New.- Zealand was concluded this morning.
Mr. .Blair resumed his address, contending -: that i Mr. tLundon' & was; quite within his rights in refusing .to give particulars " regarding y the ,' money, : as ;it was virtually a loan, ' Mr. H. F. von Haast,- in reply, said it was a most astounding. proposition jto con-' tend that a solicitor might refuse to furnish •:' an account . when called ■ upon by : a client to do so. Mr. Lundon had violated the first . principles of • the relation' botween' solicitor and client. ■;: : At the time of the payment of the £100 fee the work it was proposed to do was of the simplest character, and such a fee could only, be looked upon as a gross overcharge. He submitted' that an unconscionable -bargain had been * made, and : one of a" kind 1 that no reputable solicitor should make;with a' client. ' " >' '.■■'' ; .The Court ;stated that;it : would : take time to oonsider its decision. • ...• . :.".V : '..-.-- -;.T-.-. .''l . "- 1.'.-.* • V
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16674, 19 October 1917, Page 4
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202SUSPENSION OF MR. LUNDON. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16674, 19 October 1917, Page 4
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