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 4 December 2019, the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal ordered, pursuant to section 242(1)(e) of the Act, that Sean Martin George Woodward be suspended from practice as a barrister or as a solicitor, or as both, for a period of nine months from 19 December 2019.

Dated at Auckland this 18th day of September 2020.

Judge D. F. CLARKSON, Chairperson.