BK v YM LCRO 177 / 2010 (14 April 2011) [pdf, 129 KB]
...other elements of s112 are not applicable and do not warrant consideration. [27] Misconduct involves a serious failure of professional standards. The High Court has described misconduct as involving “a range of conduct …from actual dishonesty through to serious negligence of a type that evidences an indifference to and an abuse of the privileges which accompany registration as a legal practitioner” (Complaints Committee No.1 of the Auckland District Law Society v C, 29 April 20...