Kia ora Leigh

 

We acknowledge receipt of your email of 11 July 2025 requesting
information under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

In accordance with section 15 of the Official Information Act, a response
to your request will be provided as soon as is reasonably practicable, and
in any case within 20 working days of receipt of your request, i.e. by 8
August 2025.

 

Ngā mihi nui | Kind regards

 

Te Tari Ture o te Karauna Crown Law Office

19 Aitken Street | PO Box 2858 | Wellington 6011

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Lee <[FOI #31552 email]>
Sent: Friday, 11 July 2025 4:14 pm
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Official Information Act 1982

 

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

 

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Kia ora Leigh

 

Please see attached for the response to your Official Information Act
request of 11 July 2025.

 

Kind regards | Ngā mihi nui

 

Te Tari Ture o te Karauna Crown Law Office

19 Aitken Street | PO Box 2858 | Wellington 6011

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Lee <[FOI #31552 email]>
Sent: Friday, 11 July 2025 4:14 pm
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Official Information Act 1982

 

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

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------

 

This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[2][FOI #31552 email]

 

Is [3][Crown Law Office request email] the wrong address for Official Information
requests to Crown Law Office? If so, please contact us using this form:

[4]https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

 

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[5]https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

 

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

 

 

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confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by mistake,
please:
(a) reply promptly to that effect, and remove this email and the reply
from your system; (b) do not act on this email in any other way. Thank
you.

References

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3. mailto:[Crown Law Office request email]
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5. https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

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