[2023] NZREADT 9 – Complaints Assessment Committee 2108 v O’Brien & Wildman (28 April 2023) [pdf, 247 KB]
...Professional conduct schemes, with their attached compliance regimes, exist to maintain high standards of propriety and professional conduct not just for the public 4 Z v Dental Complaints Assessment Committee [2008] NZSC 55, [2009] 1 NZLR 1 at [97], [128] & [151]. 10 good, but also to protect the collective reputation and public confidence in the profession itself.5 [31] While protection of the public and the profession is the focus, the issues of punishment and dete...