New Zealand Law Society v Stanley - [2020] 1 NZLR 50

Law practitioners — Admission — Previous convictions for drinking and driving — Whether fit and proper person to be admitted — Approach to fit and proper person test — Whether applicant ordered to be enrolled could be struck off following adverse appeal decision — Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 ss 49(2), 51, 55, 266 and 267.

Law practitioners — Discipline — Observations on approach to drinking and driving — Fit and proper person to hold practising certificate — Whether consideration limited to current issues — Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 s 41.