Barry John Hart v Standards Committee of the New Zealand Law Society and the Lawyers and Conveyances Disciplinary Tribunal. - SC 129/2011

Civil – Name suppression – Legal professional conduct – Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 – Whether High Court and Court of Appeal, in declining to suppress applicant’s name, erred in their approaches to principles applicable to name suppression in context of disciplinary charges under Lawyers and Conveyancers Act – Significance of nature of charges against applicant – Weight to be given to inaccurate media reports of charges – Whether Court of Appeal’s orders sufficiently protect applicant – Effect of applicant’s high public profile and associated prejudicial effects arising from publication. [2011] NZCA   671   CA 839/2011