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Dilki Rajapakse

Lawyer
40 published IPT appealsMultiple practice areas

Dilki Rajapakse practises immigration law at D R Legal (Dilki Rajapakse) in Auckland (Barrister), and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 1992.

Lawyers are not licensed immigration advisers, and do not need to be. Lawyers with a current New Zealand practising certificate are exempt from adviser licensing under the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 and are regulated by the New Zealand Law Society. Verify Dilki Rajapakse on the NZLS register entry.

Details

Role
Barrister
Firm
D R Legal (Dilki Rajapakse)
Admitted
12 June 1992
Years since admission
34
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Regulator
New Zealand Law Society
Practice breadth
Immigration among multiple practice areas
Published IPT appeals
40

Immigration and Protection Tribunal appeal record

40 published decisions of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal (and its predecessor boards) record Dilki Rajapakse as counsel for the appellant. Success rates say as much about which cases a professional takes on as about their work — compare them with the all-appellant rate for the same appeal type, and read the decisions themselves.

Appeal typeCasesAllowedDismissedOtherSuccess rateAll appellants
Deportation: non-resident17413024%(4 of 17)37%
Deportation: resident1174064%(7 of 11)34%
Residence: partnership743057%(4 of 7)52%
Residence: skilled migrant20110 of 148%
Residence: special policies11001 of 172%
Residence: parent10010 of 042%
Refugee & protection10100 of 121%
Outcomes by appeal typeAllowedOtherDismissed
Deportation: non-residentDeportation: non-resident — Allowed: 4 of 17Deportation: non-resident — Dismissed or declined: 13 of 1717Deportation: residentDeportation: resident — Allowed: 7 of 11Deportation: resident — Dismissed or declined: 4 of 1111Residence: partnershipResidence: partnership — Allowed: 4 of 7Residence: partnership — Dismissed or declined: 3 of 77Residence: skilled migrantResidence: skilled migrant — Other (referred, withdrawn, jurisdiction): 1 of 2Residence: skilled migrant — Dismissed or declined: 1 of 22Residence: special policiesResidence: special policies — Allowed: 1 of 11Residence: parentResidence: parent — Other (referred, withdrawn, jurisdiction): 1 of 11Refugee & protectionRefugee & protection — Dismissed or declined: 1 of 11

Showing the 15 most recent of 40 decisions; the totals above cover all of them.

This record may be incomplete. Tribunal decisions usually name the counselby initial and surname only — “J Bloggs” rather than a full name. Where that could point to more than one person on the register, we leave the decision out rather than risk crediting it to the wrong practitioner, so a practitioner may have appeared in more decisions than are shown here. If appearances of yours are missing, tell us on the corrections page and we will verify them against the published decisions and update the profile.

Compiled from decisions published on the Ministry of Justice tribunal decisions database. A decision is attributed only when the counsel named in it matches exactly one person on the relevant register (or the firm named in the decision confirms the match); self-represented appellants and uncertain matches are excluded, so this may undercount. Percentages are shown only where at least 5appeals in that category were decided — below that the counts are given on their own, because a single case would swing the figure. “Other” includes referrals to the Minister, withdrawn appeals and jurisdiction decisions. Context for the all-appellant rates: appeal success rates in New Zealand.

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