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...a referral under s 48 of the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 BY The Registrar of Immigration Advisers Registrar Between S Y and R Y Complainants AND Jia (Christina) Xue Adviser No information identifying the complainants to be published DECISION REPRESENTATION: Registrar: Mr A Dumbleton, lawyer, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Auckland Complainants: Mr A Tsang, Prestige Lawyers, Auckland...
...to respond to the allegation of breach of trustee duties because there were no particulars of any alleged failure. Likewise, they could not respond to the allegation of failure to supply information because they were not aware of what exactly was requested. In terms of the conflict of interest, they did not respond because they were unclear as to who the potential tenant was. Evidence for the Parties Applicants Evidence of David Sinclair [12] David Sinclair gave evidence that he...
...her being pressured to sign the contract despite her request for him to do so. [40] In addition Mr Lambert says that Mr Winitana has failed to provide a signed copy of the contract entered into with Watson for the Honey Project. He says written requests were made on 15 December 2014 and 26 January 2015 but the contract was not provided to the trust. At a trustee meeting held in February 2015 it was decided that the application for Mr Winitana’s removal would be sought. [41] Mr...
...proposal was extraordinarily complex and would greatly increase administrative burdens. Some concerns were raised that in matters of urgency (or where there is a change in the prosecutorial stance), there needs to be flexibility to manage any funding requests The need to promote best practice (by preparing early and not leaving matters to the last minute) was also highlighted, along with a comment that there appeared to be no mechanism for a global funding request to be presented, as...
...never been made aware of any policy regarding the monitoring of any or all telephone conversations. Unfortunately Ms Midgley was unable to attend the hearing to give evidence in person owing to the fact she had been scheduled for surgery. At the request of Dr Waxman the Tribunal received in evidence Ms Midgley’s sworn statement (a rather brief document) subject to any submissions made by Mr Dr Jitendra Pal as to the weight which could be given to that statement in the absence of an op...
...engaged with the adviser’s practice in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). There were difficulties, and the adviser says there were concerns that one or more persons in that office behaved improperly. [2] However, that is only background and cannot form part of the complaint. [3] After the practice in the UAE closed, the adviser offered to continue the instructions through his Australian office. He offered a contract, which the complainant signed. However, the contract document was not on...
...obligations towards their clients and other lawyers. [46] As such, the duty in the rule of “integrity, respect, and courtesy” which is owed to “others” could extend to persons to or from whom the lawyer has made or received enquiries, or has requested or received a request for information in relation to a client matter. In this context “integrity” means “[s]oundness of moral principle; the character of uncorrupted virtue; uprightness; honesty; sincerity”.8 (c) Par...
...completing their visa applications and they were not aware of Mr Croxson as their immigration adviser. Nor had they signed any contract with him. He might not therefore be meeting his professional obligations under the Code. [19] The Authority requested Mr Croxson’s files concerning Messrs E and B on 15 May 2017. [20] On 26 May 2017, Mr Croxson wrote to the Authority, sending the files. He advised that representing these clients had been his company’s first step into corpor...
...disputed that the money was owing. His complaint about Ms BJ concerns the firm having served a statutory demand on Mr VR’s company, and then issuing liquidation proceedings to recover the money claimed. [4] On 16 February 2016, the claimant informed (via email) Mr VR’s company of the availability of “advert features” at the cost of “$800+ GST”, plus “$270 outstanding”. 2 The claimant requested payment “in advance” if Mr VR’s company “wish[ed] to procee...
...charged.1 [7] Ms LT and her supervising partner, Ms CR, completed work for Mr MP over a period of approximately one week. [8] On 26 June 2018, Ms CR rendered her account in the sum of $7,699.25 (GST inclusive). [9] Mr MP challenged the account and requested to be provided with a breakdown of time spent on the file. [10] Mr MP did not pay the account. [11] [Law Firm] filed a claim to recover the debt in the District Court on 26 April 2019. The complaint and the Standards Commi...