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The Court of Appeal of Fiji is one of three courts that were established by Chapter 9 of the 1997 Constitution, the others being the High Court and the Supreme Court.The Court of Appeal was a new institution established when the 1997 Constitution came into effect; the other two courts predated it.
The judges of the Supreme Court, the President of the Court of Appeal, the Justices of Appeal, and the puisne judges of the High Court are appointed by the President of Fiji, upon the nomination of the Judicial Service Commission, after consulting with the Cabinet Minister and the committee of the House of Representatives responsible for the ...
"Tribunal" is used in the U.S. generally to refer to courts or judicial bodies, as in the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. The Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct, for instance, define "tribunal" as "a court, an arbitrator in a binding arbitration, or a legislative body, administrative agency, or other body acting in an adjudicative ...
The Supreme Court of Fiji is one of three courts originally established in Chapter 9 of the 1997 Constitution of Fiji, the others being the High Court and the Court of Appeal. In the current Constitution of Fiji , the Supreme Court is declared to be "the final appellate court" [ 1 ] – in other words, there is no judicial authority higher than ...
The High Court of Fiji is one of three courts that was established by Chapter 9 of the 1997 Constitution of Fiji — the others being the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. The Constitution empowered Parliament to create other courts; these were to be subordinate to the High Court, which was authorized to oversee all proceedings of such courts.
In June 2009, following the 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis and the dismissal of Fiji's entire judiciary, he was appointed to the High Court of Fiji as a puisne judge by the military regime. [4] While serving on the High Court he presided over contempt of court cases designed to stifle opposition to the military regime. [5] [6] [7]
The case is considered to be "the most important constitutional case in the history of Fiji", [17] and a landmark case on the doctrine of necessity and the creation of new legal orders by coups and revolutions. [39] It was the first case where a domestic court had been willing to rule that a current regime which had come to power by a coup was ...
Pages in category "Judiciary of Fiji" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.