[2020] NZIACDT 53 — ZG v Parker

Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal · decided 16 December 2020

The tribunal's published summary

Sanctions / rubber stamping / adviser relied on unlicensed persons to communicate with complainant / adviser’s relationship to employer gave rise to actual conflict / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s50, s51 / complaint serious but adviser did not completely abandon complainant to his staff / adviser should have declined to act as unable to provide objective advice / conduct aggravated by earlier complaint upheld against him / adviser accepts complaint, fully cooperated with disciplinary process & made changes to his practice / adviser censured & ordered to pay $4,500 penalty & refund complainant’s $2,500 deposit.

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