Hawke's Bay Standards Committee v Clarkson [2014] NZLCDT 2 [pdf, 258 KB]
...charges as originally laid by the SC. [9] After the evidence for the SC was complete, Ms Clarkson advised the Tribunal that one of her defence witnesses in respect of the first misconduct charge, Ms Sutton, was not at the hearing. Ms Sutton’s affidavit (in a facsimile form) was available Ms Clarkson said. The Tribunal was not prepared to accept a facsimile of Ms Sutton’s affidavit, and neither was it prepared to accept her evidence in the absence of Ms Sutton attending and...