Law firm partner censured for inappropriate conduct towards junior colleagues

Saturday 26 July 2025 · 4 outlets · 3 reports · updated Sat 26 Jul 2025, 8:11pm

In this story New Zealand Law Society

A law firm partner has been censured for slapping a junior male colleague on the bottom and touching a junior female colleague's lower back at a social event. The lawyer described the actions as "blokey" and an "innocuous courtesy", requesting that the New Zealand Law Society consider the context of the conduct.

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1. NZ HeraldSat 26 Jul 2025, 2:00pm

   Lawyer censured for slapping one colleague’s bottom, touching another’s back (opens in new tab)

   Also on RNZ (opens in new tab)

2. StuffSat 26 Jul 2025, 3:29pm

   Lawyer slapped a junior colleague’s bottom, touched another’s lower back (opens in new tab)

3. Otago Daily TimesSat 26 Jul 2025, 8:11pm

   Bottom-slapping, back-touching lawyer censured (opens in new tab)