by Lucy Tothill | Jul 5, 2022 | Articles, Events, Lucy Tothill, News, Refugee & Immigration, Services
On 25 March 2022, the Legalwise Immigration Law Summit was held in Auckland. Joining leading specialists to discuss immigration priorities, policies and practices, Dixon & Co Lawyer’s Lucy Tothill presented a seminar at the summit, titled ‘Running a Refugee Case...
by Dixon And Co Lawyers Team | Jun 9, 2022 | FAQ, Kelly Dixon, Refugee & Immigration
The Internal Protection Alternative is a common law principle which has been applied to cases over time and has been developed in recent decades by countries to explain the limits of their legal obligations more carefully under the Convention. The Internal Protection...
by Dixon And Co Lawyers Team | Jun 9, 2022 | Academy, Kelly Dixon, Refugee & Immigration, Tips & Advice
Subject to certain statutory obligations under the Immigration Act 2009 (the Act), the law in New Zealand requires that a person must first be recognised as a Refugee. Second, a person must fear returning to their own country. These first two steps have developed...
by Lucy Tothill | Jun 7, 2022 | Case Studies, Case studies Refugee & Immigration, Lucy Tothill, Refugee & Immigration, Who We Help
Case Study Refugee & Protection Officer v BA (Nigeria) [2022] NZHC 706 [7 April 2022] Consideration Of Internal Protection Alternatives Lucy Tothill, an experienced Refugee Lawyer from Dixon & Co Lawyers, successfully won an appeal against the Crown in...
by Lucy Tothill | May 31, 2022 | Articles, Lucy Tothill, Post, Refugee & Immigration, Tutorials, Updates
Refugee or protected person status is a legal status as detailed below: A refugee is a person who meets the definition of a refugee provided in Article 1A of the Refugee Convention, as amended by the 1967 Protocol. A protected person is someone whose deportation from...
