struck-off Lawyerโข Davina โReid Launches Another Attempt to Return to Practice
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND โ – Disbarred lawyer Davina Reid has filed a new application with the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal seeking restoration to the โNew Zealand legalโ roll, โjust months after her final appeal to the Supreme Court was rejected.
Reid was struck off as a lawyer in 2015 โฃfollowing a conviction for attempting to โฃpervert the course of justice.She hasโ been attempting to regain her practicing certificate โsince 2022,initiating a series of โขapplicationsโ and appeals that โhave been consistently unsuccessful. Her initial application for restoration in โคApril 2022 was turned โdown by the Lawyers and Conveyancers โDisciplinary Tribunal in March 2023. Subsequent โappeals to the High Court andโ Court of Appeal were โขalso dismissed, culminating inโข the Supreme Court’s denial ofโ leave to โappeal earlier this year.
Despite these setbacks, a notice appeared on the Law Society โฃwebsite in early October indicating Reid’sโ renewed application. The Law Society has confirmed itโฃ willโค oppose the bid.The deadline for objections โor comments passed on October 8. The outcome of this โlatest application will determine whether Reid can once again โขpractice โขlaw in New Zealand, a prospect the Law Society actively resists given her prior misconduct.