[2024] NZIACDT 11 — UT v Lawlor (John Desmond Lawlor)

Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal · decided 11 March 2024 · adviser: John Desmond Lawlor

The tribunal's published summary

Sanctions / adviser failed to respond to client’s request to check application status herself / failed to provide invoice describing services / failed to maintain client file and filing system / failed to make records available on request by Authority / failed to make updates about visa application and inform client about INZ request for evidence / failed to inform INZ his licence expired and that he could no longer represent client and her partner / failed to inform client and partner his licence expired and advise where to get assistance / Code of Conduct 2014, cl1, cl22, cl26a, cl26b, cl26d, cl26e, cl28b, cl28c / HELD / fourth appearance before Tribunal / adviser’s communications with INZ, client and her partner were unprofessional / conduct exacerbated by disciplinary history and failure to engage with Authority or Tribunal / no apology / no insight into wrongdoing / adviser censured / prevented from reapplying for licence for two years / ordered to pay $7,000 financial penalty

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