In the matter of the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal:

Pursuant to section 256 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (“Act”), notice is hereby given that on 1 June 2016 the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal ordered, pursuant to section 242(1)(e) of the Act, that

Bharat Parshotam

be suspended from practice as a barrister or as a solicitor, or as both, for a period of nine months from 1 June 2016.

Dated at Auckland this 5th day of September 2016.

JUDGE D. F. CLARKSON, Chairperson.