Dear Crown Law Office,

Official Information Act 1982 to the Crown Law Office for a copy of a Crown Solicitor’s warrant of appointment or confirmation of its existence

Pursuant to the Official Information Act 1982 section 15

1. Please confirm if Luke Cunningham and Clere (LCC) holds a warrant as a Crown Solicitor as a requirement under the Crown Solicitors Regulations 1994

2. If so, provide a copy of the Crown Solicitor warrant for Wellington Luke Cunningham and Clere, as warrants must be held by private practitioners appointed as Crown Solicitors as this gives the lawyer (and their firm) the legal authority to ACT as Crown Solicitor

3. If so, please provide a copy/link of the public notice of appointment that was published in the New Zealand Gazette notifying LCC as a warranted Crown Solicitor, that includes the name of the appointee, their firm, and of their designation of the region they serve

4. A copy of a Crown Solicitor’s warrant of appointment by letters patented by Queen Elizabeth II

5. Does Luke Cunningham Clere hold professional indemnity insurance?

6. If so, does it meet or exceed the minimum standards specified by the New Zealand Law Society?

7. If so, it is requested the details about its insurers as a standard practice for law firms in New Zealand

8. This request also includes, and is not limited to any limitations on the extent of LCC obligations to their clients and or any limitation or exclusion of liability, the current policy limit of indemnity, the current “minimum standards” specified by the New Zealand Law Society applicable to a practice

Under the “Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 Rule 3.4(b) requires a law practice to disclose its Professional Indemnity Insurance (PI Insurance) arrangements, including where PI Insurance is not held”.

Yours faithfully,

Leigh