Pawson Law

Criminal Lawyers

• Under investigation for Criminal or Employment? When Police want to question or have charged you. It is important to get legal advice before talking to authorities, or to your employer.
• Private criminal prosecutions (prosecutions or Defence)including under section 47-49  (reckless conduct or failure of duties) and 144 of the Health and Safety at Wort Act 2015, where there is sufficient evidence and public interest to do so.
• Family violence allegations
• Firearms licence revocations/suspensions and appeals to District Court and High Court.
• Avoiding a conviction through Police Diversion or a discharge without conviction (if you have the grounds to meet the threshold)
• Trial by Jury or Judge Alone Trial if you want to defend the allegations against you
• Health and Safety
• Indigenous forestry (illegal logging of indigenous forestry)
• Customs offences (I do not undertake excise, Tax and duty matters , but I can refer you to the best practitioner for this type of matter).

David Pawson has experience as both a Senior Prosecutor and a defence lawyer. Ellie can advise you because we know how the system works. We also have a good relationship with enforcement agencies and that is important in getting the best outcome for you.

We are experienced criminal Lawyers based in Te Puke, Tauranga. We can provide specialist services to clients in the Bay of Plenty. We can provide specialist services to clients throughout the central/upper North Island, Waikato region where if there is a lot at stake and you need a specialist eye over your case.

We appear often in Judge Alone Trials, Jury Trials, ERA, District Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and Court Martial Appeal Court.

Our fees are reasonable and competitive. We do not operate a high volume case load, we strive to have less clients and do a better job than other firms. We offer a ‘fixed fee’ model for most cases we work as opposed to hourly rate (we don’t do 6 minute units!) See our terms and conditions . Pawson Law also accepts credit card payments if you need help fast.

We believe in good communication with our confirmed clients, so if you have agreed to an agreed ‘fixed fee’, we do not depart from that and do not charge you for phone calls, letters, and other correspondence. We only charge for this if you instruct us on an hourly rate.

Immigration Lawyer

• Accredited Employer Work Visa (“AEWV”) for business
• Working Visa
• Permanent Residence
• Work to Residence
• Skilled Migrant
• Character waiver issues
• Dealing with immigration NZ (including “PPI” letters)
• Deportation s61 Appeals against deportation

Businesses Needing Migrant Employees 2022 – The Accredited Employer Work Visa

The new Accredited Employer Work Visa (“AEWV”) has replaced 6 work visas with a streamlined single visa process. Since 4 July 2022, employers need to be accredited and have completed a job check before they are able to hire workers from overseas.  

The AEWV will replace the following temporary visa categories:

• Essential Skills Work Visa
• Essential Skills Work Visa – Approval in Principle
• Talent (Accredited Employer) Work Visa
• Long Term Skill Shortage List Work Visa
• Silver Fern Job Search Visa
• Silver Fern Practical Experience Visa

This new visa was designed to make it easier for employers to fill skill shortages with overseas workers. However, there are a number of steps an employer must complete before they are able to bring over migrant workers on an AEWV:

• Step 1 – Employer Accreditation
• Step 2 – Job Check
• Step 3 – Migrant Check

Accreditation:

• Employers must first become accredited to hire a worker from overseas.
• Employers must show Immigration New Zealand that they meet various criteria, including compliance with immigration and employment laws, financial stability, and being a genuine operating business. This will often require various documentation.
• Franchisees and third-party employers (including labour hire companies) wanting to bring migrants over will need to meet additional criteria.

Job check:

• The job must be first listed to New Zealanders – there are specific requirements for this.
• The job must meet criteria relating to pay (depending on the job), minimum hours, and acceptable employment terms.
• A Labour Market Test is required apart from in certain circumstances.

Migrant Check:

• Once you have become accredited and had the job check approved, you can invite the migrant to apply for their visa.
• The migrant must have a copy of the employment agreement and signed employment offer.
• The migrant must be able to demonstrate that they have the required experience and/or qualifications for the job you have offered them.
• They must also meet various health and character requirements.
• This takes around 20 working days to process, provided there are no issues with the application.

To have the above steps approved by Immigration New Zealand, there is strict criteria to follow. It is important to get it right the first time to avoid delays or your application being declined.

How We Can Help

Bringing migrants over on an AEWV can be complex, and any errors or missing information can lead to the AEWV steps being delayed or declined.

Contact Pawson Law for help. We take the accreditation and job check process out of your hands so you can be sure that Immigration New Zealand gets the information they need (and fast).

If required, we also deal with AEWV applications for the overseas workers themselves and get applications fast-tracked where possible so you are able to fill job shortages as soon as possible.

If you are an employer who currently has migrants employed and are wanting to know if/when they will need to apply for an AEWV, we can advise you on this too.

Contact us for more information.

Employment Lawyers

• Independent Investigations
• Representation during investigations (including where there is cross-over in any of my other practice areas).
• Employment relationship problems
• Employment dispute resolution
• Personal Grievances
• Employment Contracts /Agreements

We will advise you on the best way to deal with an employment relationship issue and unlike employment advocates /advisors or franchise organisations, we are actual lawyers and we will see the matter through.

We are experienced Employment Lawyers. Based in Te Puke, Tauranga. We offers our services to clients throughout the North Island, including main centres Auckland, Tauranga and Hamilton.

As well as being an experienced Lawyers (who actually go to Court!), David has an operational Investigative background with the Royal New Zealand Military Police (Special Investigation Branch) and NZ Customs service and 13 years experience as a Senior Prosecutor. We can undertake independent workplace investigations including private criminal prosecutions (prosecutions or Defence) including under section 47-49   (reckless conduct or failure of duties) and 144 of the Health and Safety at Wort Act 2015, where there is sufficient evidence and public interest to do so, and the authorities don’t want to know! We have successfully prosecuted Employers and other agencies on many occasions for a range of offences including where a fatal or serious incidents and where there was a disregard for risk to health and safety.

Our fees are reasonable and competitive. We offer a ‘fixed fee’ model for most cases we work as opposed to hourly rate (we don’t do 6 minute units!). See our terms and conditions . Pawson Law also accepts credit card payments if you need help fast.

We believe in good communication with our confirmed clients, so if you have agreed to an agreed ‘fixed fee’, we do not depart from that and do not charge you for phone calls, letters, and other correspondence within normal office hours. We only charge for this if you instruct us on an hourly rate.

Get in touch with our Tauranga employment lawyers today.