19 May 2016
MCGUIRE v MANAWATU STANDARDS COMMITTEE [2016] NZHC 1052
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 1052
- Court
- High Court
The Court held the Committee's finding of a r 11.1 breach was procedurally unfair because it failed to disclose and allow response to the complainant's 21 November 2012 letter; the Committee's r 3.4 finding was legally erroneous or at best a technical breach insufficient to justify the adverse disciplinary finding. Consequently the Committee's determination and the LCRO's decision upholding it were quashed; no rehearing was ordered and costs of the disciplinary orders were set aside.