13 Aug 2020
RE VALUERS REGISTRATION BOARD [2020] NZHC 2050
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 2050
- Court
- High Court
Section 31(1)(c) of the Valuers Act 1948 prohibits improper, unethical or incompetent conduct in the performance of duties as a valuer; the correct approach is the established two-step inquiry (prove the charge, then assess whether the proven conduct is deserving of discipline); the Board of Appeal in King erred in importing the Pillai high-threshold test into the second-step sanction inquiry under the Act.