LCRO 40/2023 DG v [Area] Standards Committee [X] (13 March 2024) [pdf, 497 KB]
...Neither the Committee nor the LCRO has any jurisdiction to inquire into or determine any legal issue arising as to the conduct of a person (whether or not a lawyer) acting in his or her capacity as a trustee. [87] Much more recently, the High Court addressed similar issues in Burcher v Auckland Standards Committee 5 of the New Zealand Law Society.18 Mr Burcher had a significant trust law practice and was independent trustee of many trusts. He had been suspended from legal practice....