Reid v New Zealand Law Society [2023] NZLCDT 7 (24 March 2023) [pdf, 248 KB]
...July and December 2017, she had employment as a Youth Worker with DCR, Queensland, working with high-risk youth to ensure rehabilitation and integration into society.39 She had informed DCR that she had no convictions, and subsequently lost the job when her employer discovered her conviction. We are unimpressed with Ms Reid’s explanation, that she had assumed she only had to disclose any Australian convictions. In our view, it is obvious that the purpose behind the requirement to...