Michelle Chen
LawyerImmigration-only practice
Michelle Chen practises immigration law at MC Legal in Christchurch (Principal, specialist immigration lawyer), and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 2015.
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 Michelle Chen on the NZLS register entry.
Details
- Role
- Principal, specialist immigration lawyer
- Firm
- MC Legal
- Admitted
- 4 December 2015
- Years since admission
- 11
- Location
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Regulator
- New Zealand Law Society
- Practice breadth
- Immigration law only
- Published IPT appeals
- 0
Immigration and Protection Tribunal appeal record
No published tribunal decisions were matched to Michelle Chen. That is not the same as never having appeared: decisions name the counsel by initial and surname only, so where a name could point to more than one person on the register we leave it out rather than credit it to the wrong practitioner. Most immigration work also never reaches the tribunal at all. If appearances are missing, tell us on the corrections page.
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