Greyling v Gimranov [2016] NZIACDT 55 (15 September 2016) [pdf, 216 KB]
...and difficult exercise of judgment, to be made by the tribunal as an informed and expert body on all the facts of the case. As a Full Court observed in McDonald v Canterbury District Law Society (High Court, Wellington, M 215/87, 10 August 1989, Eichelbaum CJ, Heron and Ellis JJ) at p 12: Even in the absence of dishonesty, striking-off will be appropriate where there has been a serious breach of a solicitor’s fundamental duties to his client. It is important to bear in mind that “...