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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wincenworks" data-source="post: 9469596" data-attributes="member: 7038835">Yeah, while the lecturer vigorously denied it - I am pretty sure NZ's ethics framework is shaped primarily by the fact it is a very small, crowded pond that is particularly vulnerable to public scrutiny.  That does however also make them very reactive, with recently only clarifying that "harassment" includes "sexual harassment" due a high profile event.The anti-fraud proceedings are linked to a number of very messy cases that occurred in very public arena, including a Family Court case where there had been some truly horrendous accusations and opposing counsel had been unable to comment on anything due to 1. no evidence and 2. everything else being tied up in his client's privilege.Oddly one of the things the NZ Law Society has been oddly forgiving about in the past has been the type of financial crime that tends to invoke the doom klaxon in the USA (unless it involves a trust for a vulnerable person, then the doom klaxon gets sounded).The NZ Ethics are written by our parliament at the guidance of our law society, and so they are written first and foremost with protecting the respect for the profession and dignity of the courts. Recently there's been a lot of focus on incorporating access to justice, and the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, so there's been a general progress trend and also an increased focus on alternative dispute resolution.The ethics are polices by the law society, which means the most dignified lawyers who have the most to loss if the profession is brought into disrepute, so the #1 unofficial rule is do not be a clown featured on the front page of the newspaper.(Also for complete certainty, I am sure there are in fact ways that he could create legal drama for me - but I am certainly not going to post a guide on that to a public forum that I am fairly certain he reads.)</blockquote>

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