Richard Small

Lawyer

6 published IPT appealsImmigration-only practice

Richard Small practises immigration law at Pacific Legal in Auckland (Director), and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 1991.

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 Richard Small on the NZLS register entry.

Details

Role: Director
Firm: Pacific Legal
Admitted: 21 June 1991
Years since admission: 35
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Regulator: New Zealand Law Society
Practice breadth: Immigration law only
Published IPT appeals: 6

Immigration and Protection Tribunal appeal record

6 published decisions of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal (and its predecessor boards) record Richard Small 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
Residence: special policies	2	1	1	1 of 2	72%
Residence: parent	2	2	0	2 of 2	42%
Residence: sibling & adult child	1	1	0	1 of 1	49%
Residence: family (other)	1	0	1	0 of 1	50%

Outcomes by appeal typeAllowedOtherDismissed

[2012] NZIPT 200661eResidence: special policies · 7 August 2012Allowed
[2012] NZIPT 200404dResidence: sibling & adult child · 31 January 2012Allowed — returned to INZ
[2011] NZIPT 200245aResidence: family (other) · 30 August 2011Dismissed/declined
[2011] NZIPT 200279aResidence: special policies · 27 June 2011Dismissed/declined
[2011] NZIPT 200100fResidence: parent · 19 May 2011Referred to Minister — residence granted
[2011] NZIPT 200066fResidence: parent · 18 February 2011Referred 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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