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The Immigration and Protection Tribunal (the Tribunal) is an independent body established under the Immigration Act 2009 and hears a range of appeals. The stakes are extremely high with the decisions of the Tribunal often life changing for those subject to its decisions and these stakes are potentially compounded in a COVID-19 world. This seminar will take a practical approach in providing candid advice with regard to submitting strong appeals including when there are COVID-19 related matters to take into account.
This seminar will include:
By attending this seminar you will be able to:
All lawyers and general practitioners from all experience levels.
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Live Web Stream | 4 February |
Auckland | 4 February |
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Bruce Burson Immigration & Protection Tribunal, New Zealand Bruce Burson has 25 years’ experience in migration/refugee law and policy. He is a Senior Member of the New Zealand Immigration and Protection Tribunal, where he manages the Refugee and Protection stream, and has written a number of the Tribunal’s leading judgments on refugee and protection law. Bruce is also a Senior Research Associate at the Refugee Law Initiative at the University of London. He is a member of the Advisory Committee to the inter-governmental Platform on Disaster Displacement and is also member of the International Law Association Committee on the International Law Implications of Sea-level Rise. Bruce has worked with a number of UN agencies as well as IFRC on issues relating to climate change, disasters and human mobility. He is the editor of Climate Change and Migration: South Pacific Perspectives (2010) and co-editor of Human Rights and the Refugee Definition (Brill 2016). He has recently authored a chapter of the history of refugee status determination for a forthcoming Handbook on Refugee Law (OUP, 2021). |
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Judge Peter Spiller Chair, Immigration & Protection Tribunal, New Zealand Judge Peter Spiller, PhD, is a graduate of Natal, Cambridge and Canterbury Universities. He has taught law at universities in South Africa and New Zealand over the last 45 years. Judge Spiller concluded his full-time academic career as Professor of Law at the University of Waikato, where he also served as Chairperson and Acting Dean. During the years 2005-2010, he was Principal Disputes Referee, in charge of the Disputes Tribunals of New Zealand. In 2009, Judge Spiller was appointed as a District Court Judge, and he exercised civil and criminal jurisdiction in Hamilton and surrounding courts. Since 2014, he has been Chair of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal. Judge Spiller has published a number of books, including A History of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand, The Disputes Tribunals of New Zealand, and The New Zealand Law Dictionary, and published a wide range of articles on legal history and the court system. |
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