Stoush Over a Sandwich Lands 2 Lawyers in Hot Water

One wanted to eat their sandwich; the other wanted the room for a meeting. The argument went all the way to NZ’s Legal Complaints Review Officer.
Stoush Over a Sandwich Lands 2 Lawyers in Hot Water
Gluten-free sandwiches displayed during the "Le salon des allergies alimentaires et des produit sans." ELLIOTT VERDIER/AFP/Getty Images
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New Zealand’s Legal Complaints Review Officer (LCRO) Fraser Goldsmith has had to adjudicate a spat between two criminal lawyers over whether a sandwich should have been eaten in an interview room, with allegations from both sides about how the other behaved, and who said what to whom.

He was required to reach a decision after an earlier finding of the local legal Standards Committee was rejected.

Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.