Jenni McManus Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has refused a request from The Law Association (TLANZ) to make a minor amendment to the Lawyers & Conveyancers Act 2006 (LCA) which would have enabled TLANZ and its members to share in the distribution of assets from the Solicitors’ Fidelity Guarantee Fund (SFGF). The fund, set up under the Law Practitioners Act in 1982 to cover theft by lawyers, closed in August 2008 when the LCA came into effect and a new Lawyers’ Fidelity Fund was establish...
