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1. IACDT annual report 2019 [pdf, 276 KB]

   ...disciplinary regime. It is proving difficult to eliminate. Part of the problem lies in the light sanctions regime. The maximum financial penalty that can be imposed by the Tribunal is only $10,000 and the Tribunal can prevent renewal of a cancelled licence for only two years. The Ministers are respectfully urged to consider a stiffer sanctions regime. 3 JURISDICTION AND GENERAL INFORMATION Establishment and Function of the Tribunal The Tribunal is based in Well...

2. IACDT annual report 2021 [pdf, 276 KB]

   ...Tribunal and a decision being issued has reduced to just over eight months. As I mentioned in my last annual report, the maximum financial penalty that can be imposed by the Tribunal is only $10,000 and it can prohibit renewal of a cancelled licence for only two years. The Ministers are respectfully urged to consider a stiffer sanctions regime. The various COVID-19 lockdowns had little effect on the work output of the Tribunal as the registry staff and myself worked effectively...

3. Khan v The Registrar of the Real Estate Agents Authority [2018] NZREADT 50 [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL ____________________________________________________________________ Introduction [1] On 31 January 2018, the Registrar gave Mr Khan notice of the Registrar’s intention to cancel his salesperson’s licence as from 21 February 2018, on the grounds that he had failed to complete the required verifiable continuing education for the 2017 calendar year. As required by s 55 (1) of the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 (“the Act”), Mr Khan was a...

4. Request your own criminal conviction history [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...Applications EX11064 Auckland New Zealand. Your personal details Your personal details Surname First name Middle names Leave a space between names Date of birth     Your gender  Male  Female  Do not wish to state New Zealand driver licence  Make sure that the name and date of birth above matches that shown on the identification that you provide with your application. Previous names Include maiden names and any other names you are known as, or have used Surname...

5. Stanimirovic v Levarko [2018] NZIACDT 3 (7 February 2018) [pdf, 350 KB]

   ...Limited (TEC) a recruitment company based in Canada. He entered into a written agreement with TEC and paid a fee of US$2,500. The fee related to securing employment in New Zealand. [10.2] The complainant is Mr Stanimirovic, and Mr Levarko is the licenced immigration adviser. [10.3] The two Canadian entities to consider are: [10.3.1] TEC and its officers Mr Franklin and Mr Siegfried H de Melo; and [10.3.2] Gateway Staffing and Recruitment (Gateway), and its officers Ms King a...

6. Bell v Shadforth [2018] NZIACDT 1 [pdf, 109 KB]

   ...REPRESENTATION: Registrar: In person. Complainant: In person. Adviser: In person. Date Issued: 1 February 2018 2 DECISION Preliminary [1] This complaint relates to Ms Shadforth, who was formerly a licenced immigration adviser. The complaint alleges that, while she was a licenced immigration adviser and running a practice, Ms Shadforth had a website that: [1.1] Claimed membership of professional bodies, when in fact she did not hold me...

7. Complaints Assessment Committee 410 v Dai [2017] NZREADT 18 [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...Ms Dai was guilty of unsatisfactory conduct (s 72 of the Act). [2] By a Response to Charge dated 9 December 2016, the Defendant, Ms Dai, entered pleas of guilty to all three charges. The Tribunal records that Ms Gai voluntarily suspended her licence in May 2015. [3] At a telephone conference on 3 February 2017, Ms Gai confirmed her admission of the charges and advised that she accepted the summary of facts filed on behalf of the Committee. Ms Dai agreed that penalty would be det...

8. McGeorge v Standing [2012] NZIACDT 48 (30 August 2012) [pdf, 124 KB]

   ...to migrate to New Zealand was essentially assured, and the money was paid in reliance on those representations. [4] After paying the money, Mr Standing did little or nothing to provide the services he had agreed to provide. [5] Mr Standing’s licence was cancelled by this Tribunal on an independent complaint, and he was no longer able to provide the services. He has not refunded the fees paid in advance. [6] The evidence supporting the complaint provided grounds for potentially takin...

9. Beauchamp 30 March 2014 NZSHD 4 [pdf, 103 KB]

   ...pursuant to s.29 of the Act BEFORE THE LICENSING AUTHORITY OF SECONDHAND DEALERS AND PAWNBROKERS DECISION Introduction [1] This is a Complaint by the Police against Mr. John Henry Beauchamp of Christchurch in respect of Individual Licence number 725212 issued to Mr. Beauchamp on 17 January 2007 (and renewed in 2012) by the Licensing Authority of Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers (“the Authority”) under the Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2004 (‘the Act”...

10. Anderson - Te Raupo (2015) 99 Taitokerau MB 206 (99 TTK 206) [pdf, 263 KB]

    ...house. Normally an estate of this nature would not require formal administration through the High Court as this Court can vest interests in the land and home in those entitled to succeed. However, the situation is more complicated where there is a licence to occupy and/or a tripartite deed. [23] Strictly speaking, a licence is personal only and ends upon a licensee’s death. However, in a decision I issued in 2010 concerning a disputed estate that included a house subject to a l...