Auckland lawyer Briton Salter has admitted two misconduct charges before the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal.

He has been censured, fined $5,000 and ordered to pay the New Zealand Law Society $9,853 in legal costs and to reimburse hearing costs of $3,259.

The first charge was for using the trust account of another law practice for a large number of transactions in breach of section 110 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act, and in breach of a lawyers' standards committee order to cease using another firm's trust account.

The second charge was for breaching a standards committee order to take advice from a senior lawyer as to the management of Mr Salter's practice.

"All New Zealand lawyers have a fundamental obligation to uphold the rule of law. This includes obeying disciplinary orders and respecting decisions of lawyers' standards committees," New Zealand Law Society President Chris Moore says.

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