Hannah BartlettOpen Justice reporter - Tauranga·NZ Herald·9 Jun, 2026 04:00 AM6 mins to read‌A lawyer has been found, by the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal, to have been unfit at the time he made unauthorised transactions from a family trust. Photo / FileA lawyer’s explanations for his unauthorised transfers from a family trust have been described as “self-justification – almost to the point of self-delusion”.

The Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal has found that when the senior lawyer transferred more than half a million dollars from the family trust, and his late