[2018] NZIACDT 50 — Green v De'Ath (Benjamin Neil Stewart De'Ath)

Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal · decided 13 December 2018 · adviser: Benjamin Neil Stewart De'Ath

The tribunal's published summary

Sanctions decision / failure to explain professional responsibilities to client / failure to provide written agreement with written authority / failure to ensure written agreement signed / failure to maintain record of all communications / adviser misunderstood who he owed professional obligations to / adviser had contractual relationships with client and client’s employer / Immigration Advisers’ Code 2014, cl17b, cl18c, cl19b, cl19m, cl26a / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s50, s51 / adviser failed to recognise who client was / failure unreasonable and misguided / code prescriptive in regard to record keeping but not unduly so / breach sufficiently serious or systemic to warrant disciplinary process / no deliberate flouting of code but significant professional deficiency / adviser censured and ordered to pay penalty of $1,500

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