Kim Saran Lee

Lawyer

3 published IPT appealsImmigration-only practice

Kim Saran Lee practises immigration law at Lane Neave in Auckland (Senior solicitor), and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 2021.

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 Kim Saran Lee on the NZLS register entry.

Details

Role: Senior solicitor
Firm: Lane Neave
Admitted: 29 November 2021
Years since admission: 5
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Regulator: New Zealand Law Society
Practice breadth: Immigration law only
Published IPT appeals: 3

Immigration and Protection Tribunal appeal record

3 published decisions of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal (and its predecessor boards) record Kim Saran Lee 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 type	Cases	Allowed	Dismissed	Other	Success rate	All appellants
Deportation: non-resident	2	2	0	0	2 of 2	37%
Residence: partnership	1	1	0	0	1 of 1	52%

Outcomes by appeal typeAllowedOtherDismissed

[2026] NZIPT 507140Deportation: non-resident · 25 March 2026Allowed
[2026] NZIPT 506995Deportation: non-resident · 11 February 2026Allowed
[2025] NZIPT 207119fResidence: partnership · 10 February 2025Referred to Minister — residence granted

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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