Otago Standards Committee v Cottrell [2024] NZLCDT 25 (27 August 2024) [pdf, 117 KB]
...Standing back, our overall assessment of the practitioner is that she is no longer a fit and proper person to be a lawyer. [39] We have borne in mind the caution sounded in the Daniels decision,7 where it was held:8 …Tribunals are required to carefully consider alternatives to striking off a practitioner. If the purposes of imposing disciplinary sanctions can be achieved short of striking off then it is the lesser alternative that should be adopted as the proportionate response....