Disgraced? Disbarred? No Problem, Apply for Bar Admission in Tonga

[From The New Zealand Herald]

“Disgraced” Auckland lawyer Christopher Harder is practicing law in Tonga, a move which has infuriated the legal profession in both Tonga and New Zealand.

Harder was “struck off” (that is, disbarred) in New Zealand last year after years of controversy when he admitted professional misconduct, including an incident when he took a client to a brothel and made him simulate the sexual violence he had been charged with committing.

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