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1. [2024] NZIACDT 10 – MM v Ma (12 March 2024) [pdf, 114 KB]

   ...realised there was one. It was not hidden as both the employment agreement and the visa application used the same address. Since she did not put the conflict in writing, she is willing to be punished. She had learned a lesson about engaging with offshore clients and in future will put everything in a detailed contract. Ms Ma sincerely apologises for her wrongdoing. She should have spent more time on the paperwork. [22] As for the fee of RMB 85,000, the complainant should have c...

2. E3 Russell Green Emirates Team New Zealand EIC Applicant [pdf, 751 KB]

   ...purpose. ETNZ has assisted in the development of the application for resource consents by providing information from an operational point of view in terms of what challenger teams will need. We based this on our own long experience as a challenger offshore, our knowledge of the new boat design. Initially ETNZ was going to be located at Hobson Wharf, so we had to work carefully through what our functional requirements would be. These requirements formed the basis for how the team...

3. XN v Ji [2019] NZIACDT 49 (19 July 2019) [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...Client Care 2. A licensed immigration adviser must: … e. obtain and carry out the informed lawful instructions of the client, and … Legislative requirements 3. A licensed immigration adviser must: … c. whether in New Zealand or offshore, act in accordance with New Zealand immigration legislation, including the Immigration Act 2009, the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 and any applicable regulations. Written agreements 18. A licensed immigration adviser must...

4. [2020] NZIACDT 24 - BV v Aiolupotea (12 June 2020) [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...complainant a visitor visa, to expire on 6 June 2018. [18] Mr Aiolupotea met with the complainant on 26 March 2018 to give him Immigration New Zealand’s decision and eVisa. He advised him to leave New Zealand before the visa expired and wait offshore on the outcome of the citizenship application 4 (“NZ citizenship by [descent] (Ministerial Intervention)”, is recorded on Mr Aiolupotea’s file summary).1 [19] The complainant, who says he was not advised by Mr Aiolupotea...

5. 2018 NZSSAA 010 (5 February 2018) [pdf, 121 KB]

   ...in New Zealand during that period. [40] A significant factor is the appellant’s claim in 2015 for the cost of his travel to and from New Zealand. It would of course be dishonest to claim a tax deduction for travel if it related to being offshore for a holiday. The claim could only be justified if the appellant resided outside New Zealand and had to travel here for business purposes. The appellant has been unable to explain the discrepancy. [41] We are satisfied the appellan...

6. 2017NZSSAA 006 (9 March 2017) [pdf, 115 KB]

   ...suitable for single-handed sailing back to New Zealand. The appellant was close to giving up on the endeavour but did ultimately, after a significant delay, find a suitable vessel. There were then unexpected problems with fitting out the vessel to offshore standards. One of those difficulties was that he had to change the registration of the vessel, and could not do so without meeting some survey requirements. That became very problematic because the only place where the work...

7. [2024] NZIACDT 21 KL v Lawlor (sanctions) (19 July 2024) [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...provide the correct advice regarding the impact of travel on the resident visa application, in breach of the obligation in cl 1 of the Code to be diligent and to exercise due care. 2. Lodged the resident visa application while the complainant was offshore, contrary to the immigration instructions and in breach of the obligation in cl 1 to be diligent and to exercise due care. 3. Failed to provide a copy of the application to the complainant before filing it, in breach of the oblig...

8. E91 Kurt Grant - Construction Methodology - RE – Applicant [pdf, 9.5 MB]

   ...1. Wynyard Wharf Breakwater 1 Portal frame structure consisting of two rows of bored cast in situ piles headstocks and decks to connect the portal frames and form the structure. Continuous wave screen on inshore face, intermittent wave screen on offshore face. 2658 Wynyard Edge Alliance | America’s Cup – Wynyard/Hobson Construction Environmental Management Plan Rev D |September 2018 Page | 13 Structure Structure Typology 2. Halsey Wharf Breakwater 2 (Rec...

9. Supplementary Regulatory Impact Statement: A New Trusts Act - Commercial and Financial Trusts [pdf, 957 KB]

   ...documents set out in the recommendation. Some cost impact especially where requirements would be very difficult, if not impossible, for a trustee to comply with eg a list of assets for an investment scheme may change hourly in response to offshore market fluctuations. The documents that are kept will not always reflect the list in the recommendation and it is not necessary that they do. The provision should not apply to commercial and financial trusts. 10 | Su...

10. FT Ltd v D Ltd [2020] NZDT 1418 (27 November 2020) [pdf, 321 KB]

    ...knowledge or functionality, and it was not unusual that payroll options were not pre-loaded and would have to be entered manually; c) It was registered with IRD for payday filing from 1 April 2019; d) It was approved to store NZ customer information offshore; and CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 5 of 12 e) No other NZ customers had the same issues that D Ltd raised. 33. In relation to the statutory changes that took effect in April 2019, this would appear to require a system upd...