A small town lawyer allegedly advised a foreign investor to break the law around the purchase of New Zealand land or helped them to evade these rules.
However, a Law Society standards committee declined to act on a complaint about this alleged behaviour and the Legal Complaints Review Officer recently reached the same decision.
A woman who lives in the town in question complained to both organisations about the lawyer's alleged conduct.
Neither the woman, the lawyer nor the town are identified in the LCRO's decision on the matter.
The woman wanted the LCRO to review the standards committee's decision to take no action on the complaint.