It was a tough call for Taniela Tufui (74), who retired from the Civil Service five years ago, when he was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of Tonga for four days this week while Chief Justice Anthony Ford was away in New Zealand.
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Monday 9 October 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 22 September 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The trial of Shoreline whistleblower Piveni Piukala is scheduled to begin on December 14 for one week at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court.
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Friday 8 September 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
No costs were awarded to the Government of Tonga, the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the House after the Tonga Supreme Court heard submissions on costs for the Parliamentary case that challenged the legality of the Opening of the Tongan Legislature by the Princess Regent on June 1.
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Friday 25 August 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Chief Justice Robin Webster reserved his decision of the issue of costs in a case that challenged the opening of the 2006 Tongan Legislature by the Princess Regent.
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Wednesday 16 August 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Court of Appeal hearing for 2006 ended today August 16 at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court.
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Tuesday 15 August 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Court of Appeal will pass its decisions on various court appeal cases tomorrow, August 16 at the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court.
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Tuesday 15 August 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court chamber will be held on August 25 to decide the costs of the Parliament case after the court ruled earlier in June, that the Opening of the 2006 parliamentary session by the Princess Regent, Princess Pilolevu Tuita, was lawful.
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Friday 28 July 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Tongan noble, Lasike, was acquitted on a rape charge this afternoon, July 28 by Chief Justice Robin Webster at the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court.
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Thursday 27 July 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The trial of nobleman Hon Lasike on a rape charge ended today, July 27 in the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court.
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Monday 24 July 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The hearing of a rape charge against the Noble Lasike stated at the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court this morning, July 24, before Mr Justice Robin Webster.
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Monday 24 July 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A date has yet to be set for the trial of Shoreline whistleblower Piveni Piukala.
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Tuesday 11 July 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Shoreline whistleblower, Piveni Piukala, pleaded not guilty to two criminal charges under Tonga's Computer Crimes Act at the Nuku‘alofa Supreme Court, this morning, July 11.
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Saturday 8 July 2006
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Redwood City, California
The teenage driver charged with the killing of two members of the Tongan royal family and their driver after slamming into their car pleaded not guilty on Friday, July 7 (US time) to vehicular manslaughter, according to AP news service.
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Monday 19 June 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's parliament will reopen tomorrow, June 20, following a Supreme Court decision by Chief Justice Robin Webster this morning that the opening of Parliament by the Princess Regent, Princess Pilolevu Tuita on June 1 was lawful.
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Saturday 17 June 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Chief Justice Robin Webster will announce his decision next week, after this morning hearing submissions in a case that is challenging the legality of the opening of the 2006 session on June 1 by the Princess Regent.
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Tuesday 13 June 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The leaders of a protest march by about 1000 people after the opening of the Tongan Legislature on June 1 have been charged an offence after they allegedly refused to obey police instructions during the march. The President and the Secretary of the People's Democratic Party, Teisina Fuko and Semisi Tapueluelu, and 30 other protesters pleaded not guilty to a charge of "interferring with the course of Justice," in a Nuku'alofa Police Magistrate's Court this morning, June 13.
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Tuesday 30 May 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Six young men, described as the ringleaders of a "housebreaking scourge that has plagued Tongatapu", committing violent robberies and leaving victims with critical injuries, pleaded guilty to 219 criminal offences at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on May 26.
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Monday 22 May 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Shoreline whistleblower, Piveni Piukala is to appear for his arraignment at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on July 11, 2006.
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Monday 1 May 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Mr Justice Anthony Ford in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on Friday April 28 ordered the retrial of 'Ana Vaka'uta on a charge of the possession of marijuana.
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Thursday 20 April 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Matakimoana Fiefia, a former bank teller at the Westpac Bank of Tonga Nuku'alofa branch, is to serve six months imprisonment for forging a bank customer...s signature and withdrawing $2,100 from that account.
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