[2022] NZIACDT 14 - XZ v Liu (27 June 2022) [pdf, 220 KB]
...6 inappropriate to label Mr Liu’s advice as negligent or lacking in due care, pursuant to the test set out in Mercado.2 An error in the course of providing professional advice may not breach a professional standard if it is an excusable human error.3 In this case, Mr Liu overlooked what other competent and diligent advisers would have overlooked. The common experience in this type of work is that visas are issued on the date when they are communicated. [25] In support, th...