How many immigration lawyers are listed at Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors?

This directory names 3 immigration lawyers at Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors.

Where is Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors?

This directory lists Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors in Auckland. Its Auckland office is at 7A Maidstone St, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand.

Does Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors practise only immigration law?

This directory records Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors as an immigration-focused law firm.

Have immigration lawyers at Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors been named in published disciplinary decisions?

No matched published decisions. No published findings of the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal, the Legal Complaints Review Officer or a Law Society standards committee were matched to the immigration lawyers named at Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors.

Have immigration lawyers at Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors appeared at the Immigration and Protection Tribunal?

Published Immigration and Protection Tribunal decisions name the immigration lawyers at Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors as counsel in 116 appeals between them.

Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors

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Auckland
3 immigration lawyers named in this directory
Earliest admission among them 1996
116 published IPT appeals across its immigration lawyers

Verified as practising New Zealand lawyers. Laurent Law Barristers & Solicitors, immigration-specialist law firm since 1996. New Zealand lawyers with a current practising certificate are exempt from immigration adviser licensing and are regulated by the New Zealand Law Society.

Immigration and Protection Tribunal record

116 published appeals

Allowed 73Other 6Dismissed 37

Published appeals by appeal type, with their outcomes
Appeal type	Outcomes	Published	Allowed share	All appellants
Residence: skilled migrant	31 allowed, 7 dismissed, 1 other	39	Allowed 82% of 38	All appellants 48%
Refugee & protection	14 allowed, 18 dismissed, 2 other	34	Allowed 44% of 32	All appellants 21%
Residence: partnership	12 allowed, 1 dismissed, 2 other	15	Allowed 92% of 13	All appellants 54%
Deportation: non-resident	6 allowed, 6 dismissed	12	Allowed 50% of 12	All appellants 37%
Residence: sibling & adult child	4 allowed, 2 dismissed	6	Allowed 67% of 6	All appellants 46%
Deportation: resident	2 allowed, 1 dismissed, 1 other	4	Under 5 decided	All appellants 35%
Residence: business investor	1 allowed	1	Under 5 decided	All appellants 48%
Residence: parent	1 dismissed	1	Under 5 decided	All appellants 38%
Residence: special policies	1 allowed	1	Under 5 decided	All appellants 68%
Residence: from work & Green List	1 allowed	1	Under 5 decided	All appellants 60%
Residence: dependent child	1 allowed	1	Under 5 decided	All appellants 57%
Residence: business entrepreneur	1 dismissed	1	Under 5 decided	All appellants 43%
All types	73 allowed, 37 dismissed, 6 other	116	Allowed 66% of 110

The sum of the published appeals naming each of the immigration lawyers named at this firm as counsel: a record of its people, not a rating of the firm. A percentage shows only where 5 or more appeals were decided.

Appeals by person

Name	Published	Allowed	Dismissed	Other	Allowed share
Simon Laurent	90	53	32	5	62% of 85
Sahar Shamia	26	20	5	1	80% of 25
All	116	73	37	6	66% of 110

Each appeal is counted under the person the decision names. Allowed share is allowed appeals out of those decided either way, shown only at 5 or more decided. Each person's profile lists their decisions.

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