Nalesoni Tupou

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35 published IPT appealsMultiple practice areas

Nalesoni Tupou practises immigration law at Nalesoni Tupou, Barrister in Auckland (Barrister), and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 1988.

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 Nalesoni Tupou on the NZLS register entry.

Details

Role: Barrister
Firm: Nalesoni Tupou, Barrister
Admitted: 23 February 1988
Years since admission: 38
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Regulator: New Zealand Law Society
Practice breadth: Immigration among multiple practice areas
Published IPT appeals: 35

Immigration and Protection Tribunal appeal record

35 published decisions of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal (and its predecessor boards) record Nalesoni Tupou 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	Success rate	All appellants
Deportation: resident	18	5	13	28%	33%
Deportation: non-resident	9	4	5	44%	37%
Residence: partnership	4	2	2	50%	52%
Residence: sibling & adult child	3	2	1	67%	49%
Residence: parent	1	0	1	0%	42%

Outcomes by appeal typeAllowedOtherDismissed

[2023] NZIPT 505872Deportation: non-resident · 8 June 2023Allowed
[2022] NZIPT 600698Deportation: resident · 19 August 2022Allowed
[2021] NZIPT 206134fResidence: partnership · 9 August 2021Referred to Minister — residence granted
[2020] NZIPT 600653Deportation: resident · 24 July 2020Dismissed/declined
[2020] NZIPT 600628Deportation: resident · 15 May 2020Dismissed/declined
[2018] NZIPT 504325Deportation: non-resident · 30 November 2018Dismissed/declined
[2018] NZIPT 504108Deportation: non-resident · 21 November 2018Dismissed/declined
[2018] NZIPT 600464Deportation: resident · 7 August 2018Dismissed/declined
[2018] NZIPT 204526eResidence: partnership · 9 March 2018Allowed
[2017] NZIPT 503355Deportation: non-resident · 18 December 2017Allowed
[2017] NZIPT 600266Deportation: resident · 31 January 2017Dismissed/declined
[2017] NZIPT 502975Deportation: non-resident · 13 January 2017Dismissed/declined
[2016] NZIPT 502831Deportation: non-resident · 19 September 2016Allowed
[2016] NZIPT 600275Deportation: resident · 6 September 2016Dismissed/declined
[2016] NZIPT 600233Deportation: resident · 14 April 2016Allowed

Showing the 15 most recent of 35 decisions; the totals above cover all of them.

Compiled from decisions published on the Ministry of Justice tribunal decisions database. A decision is attributed only when the counselnamed 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. “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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