Chair
Marcus Beveridge, Managing Director, Queen City Law
IPT Processes and Approaches
Enhance your understanding of the procedural landscape and practical advocacy required before the Immigration and Protection Tribunal. This session offers expert insights from the Deputy Chair on navigating key stages, presenting compelling cases, and avoiding common missteps.
Presented by Deputy Chair Debra Smallholme, Deputy Chair, Immigration and Protection Tribunal
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Learning Objectives:
- Gain insight into the key procedural steps and decision-making framework of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal (IPT).
- Understand effective advocacy strategies and common pitfalls when appearing before the IPT.
Presenters
Deputy Chair Debra Smallholme, Deputy Chair, Immigration and Protection Tribunal
Debra Smallholme was appointed as a member of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal in 2015. Prior to this, Debra spent nine years working as a barrister and solicitor, to partnership level, in Gisborne. During this time, she was also the District Inspector for Mental Health Services for four years and held roles as lawyer for child and counsel to assist the court. Having always had a strong interest in access to justice, and after three children and a move to Tāmaki Makaurau, Debra began her work as a tribunal member. She worked for 15 years as a Disputes Tribunal Referee and, during that time, for eight years as a Tenancy Tribunal Adjudicator. She has also determined ACC reviews and child support reviews and reviewed grants of legal aid. Debra works in all appeal work in the IPT.
Marcus Beveridge, Managing Director, Queen City Law
Marcus Beveridge is the Managing Director of Queen City Law NZ Limited. His main areas of practice are construction and property law, commercial law, foreign investment, real estate services and immigration. Marcus has developed expertise in business-based immigration and has acted on literally 100's of successful business-based immigration applications over the best part of 3 decades. Many of these clients have subsequently become major clients of his firm. The total amount of business immigration funds invested in NZ in the last decade is close to NZ$10 Billion. Marcus is a regular commentator on immigration based issues on national Radio & TV and has presented and chaired many NZ Immigration Law conferences over the years. Marcus has also recently been on several Working Groups and Immigration Reference Groups liaising with senior INZ management about assorted immigration issues. His firm comprises one of NZ’s largest immigration law teams. Marcus was formerly Chairman of NZAMI and Convenor of the New Zealand Law Society Immigration Committee.
