OUR LEGAL
SERVICES.
At Pawson Law, we specialise in criminal, traffic, immigration, regulatory, and military law. Whatever your legal matter, our experienced team provides practical advice, strong advocacy, and a clear path forward.
CRIMINAL LAW
Expert defence across all criminal matters from summary offences to serious charges.
- Serious violence, sexual, and drug charges
- All levels of criminal offending
- Legal Aid approved (PAL 1 – 4)
- Judge alone & jury trials
- Proceeds of crime
- Private prosecutions
- Sentence and conviction appeals
- Discharge without conviction
TRAFFIC & DRINK /DRUG DRIVING.
Specialist representation for driving offences and impaired driving charges.
- Drink driving offences
- Drug driving offences
- Serious crash (injury or death)
- Work licences
- Discharge without conviction
WORK LICENCES.
Applications to maintain your ability to drive for work (or other) purposes.
- Demerit suspensions
- Court-imposed disqualifications
- Fixed fees
- Proven success rate
- Nationwide representation
IMMIGRATION LAW.
Visa applications, appeals, deportation matters, and complex immigration cases.
- Temporary visas (AEWV, visitor, partner)
- Residency visas (skilled migrant, partnership)
- Section 61 requests (unlawful status)
- Ministerial intervention
- Immigration and Protection Tribunal
- Character waivers
- Deportation and appeals
REGULATORY LICENSING & APPEALS.
Licensing applications and regulatory appeals across industries.
- Firearms Safety Authority appeals
- Security Licence (COA / PSPLA)
- NZTA revocations and suspensions
- ‘Fit and proper person’ issues
- Civil Aviation Authority matters
MILITARY LAW.
Advice and representation, including serious charges, and Court Martial proceedings and appeals.
- Criminal charges
- Court Martial
- Court Martial Appeal Court
- NZDF Legal Aid
DISCHARGE WITHOUT CONVICTION.
Applications to avoid a criminal conviction on your record.
- Traffic offending
- Criminal offending
- Immigration and visa issues
- Fixed fees
- High success rate
EMPLOYMENT LAW.
Personal grievances, mediation, ERA, Employment Court, and settlements, acting for both employers and employees.
- Personal grievance claims
- Constructive dismissal
- Performance management
- Exit negotiations and settlements
- Employers and employees
- ERA and Employment Court
WHAT OUR
CLIENTS SAY.
As per the other reviews, I could not recommend Pawson Law enough! With such short notice David & Ellie took me under their wing. Their extensive skills, knowledge & advice achieved a successful outcome. This team is top notch!
We have used Pawson Law 3 times and are very grateful for the great results they achieved in difficult circumstances. I recommend David and the Team at Pawson Law.
I am incredibly grateful to Pawson Law for their exceptional support throughout my case, which resulted in a successful outcome. Special thanks to David and Ellie [Eleanor] for their expertise, dedication, and unwavering encouragement.
Professional and extremely helpful - over and beyond the normal services you would expect. Highly recommend.
I highly recommend Ellie [Eleanor] Dyche. I got a DUI for the first time and of course was scared out of my mind. Ellie [Eleanor] Dyche eased my mind about the whole process. Definitely great customer service and professionalism. I am also very happy with the deal I got, I had a better outcome than I expected.
We are very grateful for the help we always received from Pawson Law (David & Ellie). Since 3 years ago we have needed their services and as always the service exceeds our expectations.
What a great team. Made me feel like they had my back %100 even better showed me they had my back. Not only did they go over and beyond to get the job done they got the job done and put up a hell of a fight. Highly recommend.
I highly recommend the services of Pawson Law. David, Ellie and their team provide exceptional client service, are very professional and are clearly experts in their field. They made an otherwise extremely difficult situation manageable and achieved an outcome I thought would be near impossible.
Awesome team, very professional and they get the best results. Would highly recommend using Pawson law.
Excellent service, David was easy to work with and understand about what we were wanting to achieve, got a great decision on my case, highly recommended.
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CONTACT
PAWSON LAW
LOCATION
20 Park Street, Tauranga 3110
New Zealand