Sarah Kirkwood
LawyerImmigration-only practice
Sarah Kirkwood practises immigration law at Lane Neave in Christchurch (Senior solicitor), and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 2023.
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 Sarah Kirkwood on the NZLS register entry.
Details
- Role
- Senior solicitor
- Firm
- Lane Neave
- Admitted
- 8 December 2023
- Years since admission
- 3
- 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 Sarah Kirkwood. 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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