11 Dec 2019
TEACHER Y v EDUCATION COUNCIL OF AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND [2019] NZCA 637
- Citation
- [2019] NZCA 637
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held that the principal had a triaging power to deal with an oral complaint by restorative justice without automatically referring it to the board, but her exercise of that power was objectively unreasonable and constituted serious misconduct under s 139AB because her cumulative decisions and omissions adversely affected the student's wellbeing and reflected adversely on her fitness to teach; r 9(1)(o) is a broad catch‑all that includes acts or omissions bringing discredit to the profession and should not be read down to require deliberate misfeasance.