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Lawyer’s reinstatement bid fails in adoption case

Lawyer’s reinstatement bid fails in adoption case

A Christchurch lawyer who was suspended over a botched adoption case has failed in her bid to be allowed to start practising again.

Susan Barbara Lewis, a 54-year-old family law specialist, was suspended for three years for incompetence in March by the Law Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal after an adoption she was involved with saw a child sent to Australia without the father being consulted.

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