Wellington Standards Committee 2 v Mr K [2024] NZLCDT 18 (3 July 2024) [pdf, 322 KB]
...Tribunal’s jurisdiction to discipline an overseas resident in respect of conduct partly done overseas. Faire J acknowledged the general principle of territoriality but held that the medical practitioner was susceptible to discipline for the protection of the New Zealand public. When the pertinent legal provisions for medical practitioners are compared with those for lawyers, those provisions affecting medical practitioners have no comparable division between professional and per...