[2026] NZIACDT 27, AM v Huang (Cook Huang)

“Sanctions / adviser failed to disclose and obtain written consent to a conflict of interest and charged excessive fee / Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007, s3, s50, s51 / Code of Conduct 2014, cl1, cl4(a), cl5, cl6, cl17b, cl19l and cl20a / adviser found to be in breach of seven professional obligations / undisclosed conflict and excessive fee identified as most serious / fee of approximately $15,400 deemed grossly excessive / fee reflected a lack of appreciation of setting a reasonable fee in New Zealand market / conflict of interest did not provide undisclosed financial advantage to adviser and had no detriment to client / adviser’s second appearance / reputational damage from earlier decision and related proceedings not significant factor in context of adviser’s retirement before publication / adviser censured and fined $4,000 (having considered totality of sanctions in parallel proceeding)”