[2013] NZLCDT 28 Southland Standards Committee v W [pdf, 234 KB]
...and the witnesses were giving their subjective views. [21] Ms Douglass also submitted that while the Tribunal should take into account the respondent’s mental health in assessing culpability and sanction, it would be discrimination based on disability or health status if the Tribunal considered the respondent unfit to practise because of her mental illness. [22] In respect of penalty the respondent also submitted that credit should be given for: the admission of the charge b...