Canterbury Westland Standards Committee v Peters [2012] NZLCDT 18 [pdf, 121 KB]
...$6,000. [3] The Tribunal also made the suppression order noted at paragraph [27]. Background [4] Mr Peters faced a charge of misconduct, and, in the alternative, unsatisfactory conduct. The charges arose from his failure to undertake an appeal when requested to do so by a client in the criminal jurisdiction who had been convicted of sexual offences and sentenced to imprisonment. [5] Initially Mr Peters denied he was guilty of either misconduct or unsatisfactory cond...