From Roll
M5/01
In the matter of the Law Practitioners Act 1982
Pursuant to section 119 of the Law Practitioners Act 1982, notice is hereby given that on 23 November 2000, the
New Zealand Law Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal ordered as follows:
1. That the name of Sean Patrick Edmund Ford be struck off the Roll of Barristers and Solicitors of the High Court of New Zealand with immediate effect.
2. Questions of possible costs awards in favour of the New Zealand Law Society or the District Law Society are reserved.
3. Questions of whether to award compensation and whether to impose a fine are reserved.
4. The Complaints Committee is to file and serve by
7 December 2000, any information it wishes to present to the Tribunal relating to the practitioner's financial position (for example in relation to the money the practitioner has received from the sale of his practice).
5. The Complaints Committee is to serve upon Sean Patrick Edmund Ford by 7 December 2000, the schedule of costs claimed by the Complaints Committee, the schedule of costs and expenses claimed in respect of the inquiry by the Tribunal and a copy of this decision.
6. The practitioner is to file with the Tribunal and serve on the Complaints Committee by 21 December 2000, any further information he wishes to present by affidavit or submission in relation to the matters that have been reserved.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of August 2001.
R. B. W. GILL, Registrar.