by Dew James - Staff Solicitor | Mar 7, 2018 | Business, Citizenship, Immigration Appeals, Immigration Industry, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas, Politics, Practice of Law, Property, Refugees |
The global phenomenon that is the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have highlighted the prevalence of sexual assault and harassment in the workplace. For what feels like the first time, victims were believed and not blamed. This empowered scores of women (and a few men)... by Dew James - Staff Solicitor | Sep 27, 2017 | Immigration Appeals, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas, Practice of Law, Refugees |
According to the Family Violence Death Review Committee, between 2009 and 2015, 194 people died as a result of family violence. That is an average of 28 deaths per year, almost half of which were the result of intimate partner violence.[1] It is disturbing to read... by Dew James - Staff Solicitor | May 10, 2017 | Business, Immigration Industry, Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas, Politics, Practice of Law |
Is it just me, or does the immigration talk in the news seem like it’s about to reach fever pitch? It seems scarcely a day goes by without some talk about the impact of immigration, changes to immigration policy, scandals within immigration… and we... by Dew James - Staff Solicitor | Aug 24, 2016 | Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas |
“Help, I’m going to be deported! I have to leave the country tomorrow!” We often hear a variation of this theme down the phone line. Someone calls up because Immigration Officers have turned up at their doorstep, they have been taken into custody, they have had a visa... by Dew James - Staff Solicitor | Feb 10, 2016 | Immigration Problems, Immigration Visas |
I have to admit to a guilty pleasure – I love watching airport drama shows like “Border Control NZ”. Perhaps it’s my intellectual interest in seeing the work we do playing out live on the television (or maybe they are just great TV shows; I leave that to you to...