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1. 2024 NZPSPLA 123.pdf [pdf, 76 KB]

   ...Edwards was convicted of abetting the offending. Ms Edwards was sentenced to 90 hours community work and East Security was fined $15,600. East Security went into liquidation on 13 September 2024 and is no longer operating. East Security’s company licence is cancelled by consent and the complaint against it is closed. [3] It is more appropriate to deal with the complaint against Ms Edwards following her recent conviction as an objection to her application for the renewal of her COA....

2. Koppula v Zhou [2015] NZIACDT 85 (27 August 2015) [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...is not working, and has liabilities arising from the complaints this Tribunal is now addressing. She took no steps to protect herself against those financial consequences when taking the position in Mr Martin’s practice. She has surrendered her licence. [26] In short, Ms Zhou was an inexperienced immigration adviser, who took on the role of sole licensee in a practice where Mr Martin was engaging in dishonest practices. At present, he is serving a substantial sentence of imprisonment f...

3. Prakash v Zhou [2015] NZIACDT 86 (27 August 2015) [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...is not working, and has liabilities arising from the complaints this Tribunal is now addressing. She took no steps to protect herself against those financial consequences when taking the position in Mr Martin’s practice. She has surrendered her licence. [24] In short, Ms Zhou was an inexperienced immigration adviser, who took on the role of sole licensee in a practice where Mr Martin was engaging in dishonest practices. At present, he is serving a substantial sentence of imprisonment f...

4. Prasad v Devi [2014] NZIACDT 88 (15 September 2014) [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...was a breach of clause 1.1(c) of the Code of Conduct. That clause required the adviser to “take reasonable steps to ensure clients’ interests are represented if the adviser cannot for any reason continue as a representative.” When Ms Devi’s licence was cancelled on the basis of an unrelated matter, she failed to meet her obligation to protect her client, despite having been given one week’s grace by the Tribunal specifically for that purpose. [4] The full circumstances are set...

5. Complaints Assessment Committee 408 v Reed [2017] NZREADT 34 [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...[4] In late June 2014, the Whittys decided to sell the property. The rateable value of it was $1.1 million. The Whittys obtained a registered valuer’s market valuation for the property, of $1.3 million. [5] Mr Reed holds a branch manager’s licence and is employed by Vining Realty Group Ltd, trading as Bayleys Nelson (“the Agency”). On 10 July 2014 the Whittys signed an agency contract pursuant to which the Agency had a sole agency until 30 September 2014. A six-week mark...

6. M v I [2018] NZIACDT 17 (18 June 2018) [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...some other professions manage cases like this one. [3] I will take Mr I’s situation into account when deciding the complaint. He is not able to understand the complaint due to his health; family members have been cooperative, but they are not licenced immigration advisers. I am dealing with the complaint without any response from Mr I, but this is not due to any fault on his part. [4] The Registrar, as the Tribunal’s rules require, issued a notice of complaint. It sets out t...

7. N v I [2018] NZIACDT 19 (18 June 2018) [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...some other professions manage cases like this one. [3] I will take Mr I’s situation into account when deciding the complaint. He is not able to understand the complaint due to his health; family members have been cooperative, but they are not licenced immigration advisers. I am dealing with the complaint without any response from Mr I, but this is not due to any fault on his part. [4] The Registrar, as the Tribunal’s rules require, issued a notice of complaint. It sets out t...

8. CAC 413 v Marr [2019] NZREADT 28 - Penalty (1 July 2019) [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...[2013] NZREADT 30, Morton- Jones v The Real Estate Agents Authority [2016] NZHC 1804, at [128] and Z v Dental Complaints Assessment Committee [2008] NZSC 55, [2009] 1 NZLR 1, at [97]. [c] Order cancellation or suspension of the licensee’s licence; [17] In determining the appropriate penalty for misconduct, the nature of the misconduct will be considered along with other factors. In Hart v Auckland Standards Committee 1 of The New Zealand Law Society (in relation to a lawyer)...

9. KBN v Wharekura [2019] NZIACDT 80 (9 December 2019) [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...Immigration Advisers Code of Conduct 2014 (the Code). Mr Wharekura admits his misconduct. BACKGROUND [3] Mr Wharekura is a licensed immigration adviser. He is a director of NZ Educational and Training Services Limited, based in Rotorua. His licence was suspended by the Tribunal on 26 September 2019 as a result of the matters giving rise to this complaint.1 [4] The complainant is a foreign national who has been working in New Zealand since 2015 on temporary work visas. He is...

10. Gemmell v Phillips - Mohaka A4B (2023) 103 Takitimu MB129 (103 TKT 129) [pdf, 264 KB]

    ...tīmatanga Introduction [1] The Mohaka A4B block is 526.296 hectares in area and is located on the East Coast of the North Island, between Napier and Wairoa. It is managed by the Mohaka A4B Trust. There are four trustees.1 They have granted a licence over part of the block to generate income for approximately 57 beneficial owners. There is a problem. They say that the block is used by Bessie Phillips, Padre Phillips and the Patolu Trust (“the respondents”) so as to preven...