National Standards Committee (No 1) of the New Zealand Law Society v Gardner-Hopkins - [2022] 3 NZLR 452

Law practitioners — Disciplinary proceedings — Professional misconduct — Appeal against penalty — Whether penalty insufficient — Whether lawyer should have been struck off roll or suspended for maximum period — Seriousness — Intimate non-consensual touching of summer interns — Consensual sexual activity with summer intern — Alcohol abuse — Steps taken by lawyer to address conduct — Whether financial and professional consequences relevant mitigating factors — Shift in public attitude towards sexual harassment — Need to maintain public confidence in legal profession — Admission of fresh evidence from psychologist — Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 r 12.