A widower, Anthony Wilson, successfully regained possession of his home, in a court action, after he was forcefully locked out of his house on a plot of land in Mataika, he initially leased with his late wife. This was after the Court ordered that the heir, his brother-in-law, vacate the property, that he had taken over when the plaintiff had left the property for a short trip.
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Wednesday 29 January 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Thursday 2 July 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An heir lost his claim in a land dispute against his younger brother and the Minister of Lands. This was after, the Land Court found that when he did not claim it, the land reverted back to the estate holder and there was nothing he could claim as heir.
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Tuesday 13 November 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
“There can be only one widow”, ruled the Tonga Land Court, when ordering that Vaiosina Kupu be registered as the lawful holder of a town and tax allotment in Ha‘atafu. The land belonging to her late husband, had been granted by the Minister of Lands to another woman who also claimed to be the widow.
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Wednesday 12 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Tongan-born man, who lost his Fanga property when he became a US citizen, has failed to win an appeal to overturn a Land Court decision.
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Monday 12 March 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A two decade long land dispute between two brothers ended last Tuesday 6 March after the Tonga Land Court dismissed the rights of the older brother (The Plaintiff) to re-claim two plots of land that he legitimately inherited because he had taken too long to take legal action against his youngest brother and nephew who had illegitimately re-registered the lands in their name.
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Thursday 17 August 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Land Court of Tonga has stopped a man from evicting his aunty from his registered land in Ma'ufanga. The man’s Aunt (52) had been living on the town allotment for all of her life. The court on last week ordered the Minister of Lands to cancel the man’s deed of grant over the property after it was ruled that the Minister and his officers did not make sufficient enquiries into the availability of the land before it was registered to the nephew.
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