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1. 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...

2. 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...

3. 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...

4. 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...

5. 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”...

6. 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...

7. INZ (Calder) v Horan [2019] NZIACDT 23 (23 April 2019) [pdf, 163 KB]

   ...51 Disciplinary sanctions (1) The sanctions that the Tribunal may impose are— (a) caution or censure: (b) a requirement to undertake specified training or otherwise remedy any deficiency within a specified period: (c) suspension of licence for the unexpired period of the licence, or until the person meets specified conditions: (d) cancellation of licence: (e) an order preventing the person from reapplying for a licence for a period not exceeding 2 years, or until the...

8. CAC20007 v Jarman [2015] NZREADT 66 [pdf, 157 KB]

   ...constructive discussions as to what penalty orders might be appropriate in this case. The parties agree that, in all the circumstances, the following orders would appropriately reflect the misconduct admitted: [a] An order cancelling Ms Jarman’s licence, under s.110(2)(b) of the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 (Act); and [b] A fine in the range $5,000-$10,000, under s.100(2)(f) of the Act. [3] Should we agree that the above orders are appropriate, the prosecution does not seek any fur...

9. Real Estate Agents Authority (CAC 403) v Drever [2016] NZREADT 72 [pdf, 131 KB]

   ...examples, see Complaints Assessment Committee v Khan [2011] NZREADT 11; Complaints Assessment Committee v Raj [2013] NZREADT 52; Complaints Assessment Committee v Ferguson [2013] NZREADT 30. [c] Cancellation or suspension of the licensee’s licence; [d] An order that the licensee not perform any supervisory functions until authorised to do so; [e] An order that a licensee’s employment (or engagement if the licensee is an independent contractor) be terminated and that no agent...

10. [2021] NZACDT 14 - YC v Wan (29 June 2021) [pdf, 133 KB]

    ...following day, 23 August 2019, the complainant instructed solicitors. They requested her file from Mr Wan’s consultancy on 26 August 2019. Mr Wan provided the file electronically on 29 August 2019. [13] On 25 September 2019, Mr Harris Gu, a licenced immigration adviser, advised Mr Wan and Ms Han that he was acting for the complainant. He sought a copy of the complainant’s complete file. Mr Wan replied on 27 September 2019 attaching (electronically) certain files. Mr Gu made a...