[2018] NZLCDT 9 Auckland Standards Committee 2 v Name Suppressed [pdf, 157 KB]
...definitions continue to maintain the distinction between professional and personal misconduct. The latter involves moral obloquy. It is conduct unconnected to being a lawyer which nevertheless by its nature, despite being unrelated to the practitioner’s job, is so inconsistent with the standards required of membership of the profession that it requires a conclusion that the practitioner is no longer a fit and proper person to practice law.” [17] Later in the decision the Court giv...