Stuff.co reports…
An Upper Hutt man has won an argument against the Law Society over whether his history of four drink driving convictions meant he was not a fit and proper person to be a lawyer.
John Llewellyn Stanley, who is in his mid-60s, finished his law degree in 2011, after a career as an insurance broker and public servant.
He asked to be admitted as a barrister and solicitor in 2017 but the New Zealand Law Society refused to issue a certificate of character which he needed to be admitted.
He had four drink driving convictions, the oldest from 42 years ago and the most recent in 2014.
