Law Society president Jacque Lethbridge resigns after critical report

Law Society president Jacque Lethbridge resigns after critical report
Mike Heron's report found Jacque Lethbridge had behaved in a way some employees experienced as "aggressive and irrational". (Image: supplied)
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The president of the New Zealand Law Society, Jacque Lethbridge, has resigned following a report which found she behaved in a way some employees experienced as "aggressive and irrational".In a statement this afternoon, Lethbridge said her genuine motivation has been to make a difference in the role of president and achieve her goals. "Those goals have been to champion the interests of the legal profession and to effect much needed change. In the short time I was President, I did the very best I could in that particular envir...

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