…. The first incident occurred at the firm’s offices during its Friday night drinks, the committee’s decision reads. The drunk partner touched the leg a female solicitor near him and told her: “You are very attractive.” Upset, the female lawyer left but wanted the firm’s partners to be made aware of the incident while not wishing to lay a formal complaint. Senior lawyers at the firm, including the female solicitor’s supervising partner, an employment partner, and the managing partner, then talked with the man about his behaviour. He didn’t deny his actions but said he had no recollection of them, understood by the partners to mean he had suffered an alcohol-induced blackout, the decision reads. The offending partner was rebuked by the firm and warned against any further inappropriate behaviour. He was also told to stay away from staff drinks in the near future. But the partner’s harassment reoccurred – this time at the firm’s end-of-year party. On this occasion, the man directed his unwanted attention towards a female employee of the firm, who was not a lawyer. He approached the woman on the dance floor and pinched her bottom, leaving a bruise, the decision reads. The partner was told to stop but he pinched her bottom again later in the evening. After the bus ride back from the function venue, he also propositioned the employee, asking her, “Are you coming with me?” The partner, the decision reads, was “visibly intoxicated” during the events, slurring his speech and walking unsteadily. During the course of the same evening he also grabbed the woman’s wrist and forcibly squeezed her hand against his groin. He told her: “This is for you.” She immediately withdrew her hand, while another male colleague intervened to remove the drunk partner, the decision reads. The second incident was reported by the female employee on the following Monday before the rogue partner met with the firm’s other partners as part of an internal disciplinary process. Again, he did not deny the events but said he had no memory of them. …. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12194212
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