[2019] NZIACDT 66 — KBN v Wharekura (Philip Leslie Wharekura)

Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal · decided 26 September 2019 · adviser: Philip Leslie Wharekura

The tribunal's published summary

Suspension / notice of suspension of licence / dishonest or misleading behaviour / adviser admitted falsifying emails showing he had made a special direction request when he had not / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s45, s53 / strong evidence of serious misconduct amounting to dishonest and misleading behaviour / necessary to suspend licence in interests of public and to protect reputation of profession / public confidence in profession and immigration system required suspension / licence suspended until Tribunal determines complaint.

Read the full decision (PDF, Ministry of Justice)

This page reproduces the tribunal's own published summary as a fair report of public tribunal proceedings; the linked decision is the authoritative record. A decision is not itself a finding of wrongdoing — some complaints are dismissed. Complainants are anonymised by the tribunal. Complaints about advisers go to the Immigration Advisers Authority.