National Standards Committee 1 v Gardner-Hopkins [2021] NZLCDT 21 (22 June 2021) [pdf, 360 KB]
...say that this evidenced a prolonged and intimate interaction at a level that can fairly be described as only just short of sexual intercourse. [75] The practitioner indicated that he had not wished to detail the conduct out of concern for the privacy of Ms K. The Standards Committee assert that the practitioner’s attempt to minimise the conduct, which he has now accepted was at least at the level of unsatisfactory conduct, was for his own benefit. 17 [76] Mr Gardner-Ho...