Lawyers - Malpractice

Date: 8 January 2009

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Original cartoons. 1986-2011

Reference: A-453-125

Description: Shows a large Jimmy Choo boot of a lawyer standing on a woman. The boot has spikes on the sole and is squashing the woman. Refers to shoe designer Jimmy Choo and the practices of some lawyers. Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - THURSDAY CARTOON 0801A10CARTOON 157.2 x 129.5 mm Pls correct and send to GNZHARTPIX [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and felt-tip pen on paper 225x330 mm

Date: 1992

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- : Evening Post cartoons. 1 - 30 April 1992

Reference: H-002-002

Description: Shows 2 lawyers in the office of the Wellington District Law Society. Refers to claims against the lawyers' fidelity fund by clients of the Renshaw-Edwards firm. Clients' funds were embezzled to pay for the partners' gambling Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1992

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- : The Dominion cartoons. 28 August - 7 October 1992

Reference: H-101-006

Description: Shows a lawyer in wig, black suit and top hat preferring a collecting box, labelled "Infidelity fund" to a passing lady with a shopping trundler and dog on a lead. Refers to the lawyers' fidelity fund, which has been exhausted thanks to the illegal activities of certain lawyers, notably The Renshaw Edwards firm Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023259

Description: Two pompous lawyers in their chambers, one of whom is reading the newspaper and saying 'The judge is right!- The Police can't be allowed to get away with misleading the courts!' The other agrees, saying that they could make lawyers redundant. Refers to the case against the Red Devils gang in Nelson, where the Police arranged for one of their undercover operatives to be arrested, thus misleading the court. The judge threw the case out. However, some high profile cases have witnessed lawyers deliberately misleading courts and winning cases. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

Reference: DCDL-0013267

Description: Shows a large Jimmy Choo boot of a lawyer standing on a woman. The boot has spikes on the sole and is squashing the woman. Refers to shoe designer Jimmy Choo and the practices of some lawyers. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0013313

Description: A reptile in the guise of a lawyer holds a copy of the 'Bazley Report on Legal Aid' and closes his eyes while putting his reptilian claw to his head to express total horror and disbelief that his 'fellow lawyers' could be 'ripping off a gullible system and vulnerable families'. Refers to a damning report by Dame Margaret Bazley which states that the justice system has been undermined by more than 200 corrupt lawyers who are rorting taxpayer-funded legal aid. Dame Margaret found lawyers taking backhanders, charging illegal "top-up" fees and grouping together to defraud the legal aid system, which costs New Zealanders $123.9 million a year. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0014956

Description: A lawyer sitting in the boot of his car surrounded by papers tells a prospective client that he is a bush lawyer during the summer months. Text above reads 'Justice Minister introduces bill to weed out 'car boot' lawyers, News.' Refers to news that Justice Minister Simon Power has introduced a bill to Parliament to reform the legal aid system and weed out 'car boot' lawyers. Dame Margaret Bazley estimated up to 200 lawyers were abusing the system in a critical report released last November. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).