Wednesday, 18 March 2026
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how criminal, immigration and family law issues intersect, including deportation risks and family violence considerations
- Apply practical strategies to manage cross-jurisdictional matters involving custody, court coordination and migrant clients
Intersection of Criminal, Immigration and Family Law
- Deportation under s 161
- Handling family-violence-related visa pathways and coordinating with Family and Criminal Courts
- Navigating care-of-children logistics, custody orders, travel consent and cross-border family considerations
Presented by Stewart Dalley, Partner, Dalley Sundar
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 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
Chair
Marcus Beveridge, Managing Director, Queen City Law
Presenters
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.
Stewart Dalley, Partner, Dalley Sundar
Stewart has experience in representing clients at the Immigration and Protection Tribunal, Family Court, District Court and High Court. Stewart is the former Chair of the Auckland District Law Society’s Immigration and Refugee Law Committee. He is experienced in all aspects of immigration and refugee law, assisting clients with complex visa applications, deportations, humanitarian appeals, and refugee claims. His wealth of experience in the trade unions in the UK, coupled with his knowledge of immigration and employment matters saw him selected by the government to be a member of the Migrant Worker Exploitation Consultation Group which recommended various measures to protect migrant workers in the workplace. Stewart is an industry expert on the law relating to human infertility, assisted reproductive technology, and family creation. Stewart frequently advises a broad range of clients and fertility clinics on embryo/egg/sperm donations, domestic and international surrogacy, and adoption.
