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High Court Wellington
CIV-2012-404-5076; CIV-2012-404-5528; [2013] NZHC 83
10, 11 December 2012; 5 February 2013
Winkelmann J, Chief High Court Judge, and Lang J
CIV-2012-404-5076; CIV-2012-404-5528; [2013] NZHC 83
10, 11 December 2012; 5 February 2013
Winkelmann J, Chief High Court Judge, and Lang J
Law practitioners — Disciplinary proceedings — Professional misconduct — Barristers — Whether disciplinary charges made out — Whether hearing in practitioner’s absence resulted in miscarriage of justice — Whether charge sufficiently serious to be heard by Tribunal — Whether sanction disproportionate to charges — Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, ss 151 and 154.