Community Involvement and Advocacy
Pro bono is a latin phrase for:
"professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment or at a reduced fee as a public service."
Paul has always done a lot of pro bono and voluntary work throughout his career, but never more than when he was the owner of Lexington Legal from 2010 to 2017.
Pro bono may be available for community organisations, especially those involved in social justice. It is not available for individual employees.
Visit some of the cases he has been involved in:
Tech 5
The complaint from some of the Filipino workers working for Tech 5, was that they were shown one employment agreement in the Philippines and given something quite different to sign once in New Zealand.
Harmond Wilfred
Read about the case of Harmon Wilfred who is believed to be one of New Zealand's longest-term overstayers.
Migrant exploitation is an ongoing issue, especially in the building trades.
See this April 2017 article by Placemakers which referred back to the Tech 5 case and the now rather famous quote of “bonded servitude”.
Business Immigration Bill Limited (BIL) and Lindsay Charles Sparks
Lexington Legal received a number of complaints from Filipino workers about the excessive fees they had been charged both in the Philippines, and in New Zealand by BIL.
Harmond Wilfred (update)
Read more about one of New Zealand’s longest overstayers.