Auckland Standards Committee 2 v Halse [2021] NZLCDT 7 (19 March 2021) [pdf, 177 KB]
...the outset of the hearing, the practitioner faced two charges of unsatisfactory conduct. The first related to conflicting interests (Rule 5); the other to acting for more than one party (Rule 6). Having read the evidence-in-chief and submissions filed by both parties, our provisional view was that the second charge (Rule 6) seemed insubstantial. Although Mr Halse acted on both sides of the loan transactions, he obtained informed consent – many times over the years – as require...