Sidney v Auckland District Law Society - [1996] 1 NZLR 431

Law practitioners — Professional misconduct — New Zealand Law Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal ordered suspension of barrister and solicitor from practice and declined application for sanction of employment as a clerk or otherwise — Notice of appeal not filed within one month allowed by High Court Rules — Whether leave to appeal should be granted — Whether suspension and costs award should be overturned — Whether Court should sanction employment — Law Practitioners Act 1982, ss 66, 112, 118 and 138 — High Court Rules, RR 704 and 705.