Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Notice of Order for Suspension of Practitioner

In the matter of the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal:

Pursuant to section 256 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (“Act”), notice is hereby given that on 28 September 2015 the High Court formally issued a judgment which recorded the appeal against an order made by the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal, pursuant to section 242(1)(e) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, that

Brett Cooper

be suspended from practice as a barrister or as a solicitor, had been dismissed.

Accordingly,

Brett Cooper

is suspended from practice as a barrister or solicitor for a period of 18 months from 2 March 2015.

Dated at Auckland this 18th day of December 2015.

B. J. KENDALL, Deputy Chairperson.