RI v Hart LCRO 158 / 2011 (13 July 2012) [pdf, 160 KB]
...3 NZLR 810 at 811. 14 professional discipline, even at the lower end of the scale, must be conduct which departs from acceptable professional standards. That departure must be significant enough to attract sanctions for the purposes of protecting the public. Such protection is the basis upon which registration under the Act, with is privileges, is available. I accept the submission of LQ that a finding of conduct unbecoming is not required in every case where error is show...