TERMS OF BUSINESS

    1. Services
      Our legal services are invoiced monthly and are due for payment by the 20th of the following month.
      Invoices are calculated on a time and attendance basis by each solicitor and legal executive.
      If a solicitor is working full time in our offices for a client, no travelling time is charged. Otherwise travelling time between offices is charged for at half the hourly rates as for the work being undertaken.
    2. Timetable
      We will use our best endeavours to meet any agreed timetable. However, meeting a timetable is not a condition of any agreement.
    3. Chargeout Rates
      The chargeout rates current in force, exclusive of GST are:

Legal Services (Principal)

$360 per hour

Legal Services (Staff Solicitor)

$300 per hour

Services (Legal Executive)

$135 per hour

Clerical Assistance

$80 per hour
    1. Disbursements
      Costs incurred by us for out of town travelling, accommodation and meals, toll calls, courier fees, word processing, photocopying and printing, and other disbursement will be charged to the client.

      These costs will be invoiced monthly and are due for payment by the 20th of the following month.
    2. Additional Charges
      If, as a consequence of the provision of services to a client, we become responsible for sales tax, customs duty or other taxes, duties, tariffs, levies or surcharges imposed by any governmental or statutory authority, these extra costs will be charged to the client.

      An invoice will be issued monthly and will be due for payment by the 20th of the following month.
    3. Termination
      The client may terminate at any time and without notice any services provided on a time and materials basis. The client will be charged for services only up to the time of termination.

      Under any other circumstances, termination shall be subject to agreement and we shall be entitled to a fair price for work already done.
    4. Legal Jurisdiction
      We provide our services under the current laws of New Zealand.
    5. Professional Responsibility
      We accept that there is a professional responsibility to provide legal services which as far as is reasonably practical meet the terms of instructions and professional standards agreed between our law firm and the client.

      We undertake to remedy any problems, on a time and attendance basis and to comply as far as is reasonably practical with the terms of your instructions and professional standards.
    6. Limitation of Liability
      We carry Professional Indemnity Insurance to guard against mistake. However we do not accept any liability for consequential costs or losses arising from any error, deficiency, misuse, delays in completion, delays in supply or other case in relation to services supplied or offered for supply. In any event, total liability under any claim whatsoever in respect of any one project, contract or transaction shall not exceed the amount paid to our law firm by the client for that project, contract or transaction.
    7. Form of Agreement
      The agreement between our law firm and the client shall include all correspondence and contracts between the parties.

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