Auckland Standards Committee 5 v Yoo [2016] NZLCDT 35 [pdf, 100 KB]
...responsibility, has led to him setting matters in order and we will refer more specifically to that under the discussion of “mitigation”. [5] We record, as has been said many times, that the purposes of penalty in the disciplinary jurisdiction is to protect the public, to maintain the standards of the legal profession, to maintain the reputation of the profession and the public’s confidence in it as a result. [6] The starting point for assessing proper penalty is to consid...