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The New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal has struck off Auckland lawyer Vivian Wei Ma for assisting a client to subvert the Overseas Investment Act 2005 in relation to the purchase of property in New Zealand and for failing to establish a retainer and acting in circumstances of conflicting duties.
The Tribunal regarded Ms Ma’s conduct was serious misconduct that involved “wilful abandonment of basic professional standards imperilling the client and the public”. Ms Ma denied the conduct and her defence was based on falsehoods, which led the Tribunal to find she could not be trusted to be “truthful, candid or to take responsibility”.
The Tribunal considered Ms Ma’s practice deficits could not be addressed by a period of suspension or retraining and the only proper course was that her name be struck off the roll of practitioners.
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