LCRO 75/2016 XN and WN v VO (25 February 2019) [pdf, 242 KB]
...considered a lawyer’s conduct warrants disciplinary sanction there are two findings that can be made. First, misconduct, the more serious type of conduct, pursuant to s 7 of the Act, and secondly, unsatisfactory conduct pursuant to s 12. Both sections refer to conduct that occurs at a time a lawyer is providing “regulated services”. (i) Misconduct [57] The High Court has drawn the distinction between “professional misconduct (not the statutory term)” on the one hand,...