Tonga's Lord Chief Justice, Michael H. Whitten KC, had his last sitting in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today and was farewelled in a ceremony held at the court.
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Thursday 31 August 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Saturday 24 June 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Dr Sela Moa was appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for the Ministry of Justice, effective on 24 June for a four-year term.
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Wednesday 21 July 2021
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Survivors of domestic violence or gender-based violence in Tonga can now access justice with more comprehensive legal support provided online by the Tonga Family Protection Legal Aid Centre.
Thursday 17 December 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Brides and grooms filled the Registry Office in Nuku'alofa, today December 17 to tie the knot before government closes for the Christmas holidays tomorrow.
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Friday 27 September 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A three-year Tonga Justice Sector Support Program was launched on September 26 with the aim of developing more inclusive, sustainable and responsive good governance, with law and order.
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Monday 25 September 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Cooperation at regional and international level is essential for fighting the unique challenges cybercrime presents to the peoples of the Pacific and the entire world, Tonga’s Lord Chief Justice O. G. Paulsen told the opening of a cybercrime training session today, September 25.
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Friday 19 May 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A "Let Girls be Girls!" campaign aimed to stop a growing trend of child marriage in Tonga, was launched on Friday, May 19. The campaign seeks to repeal Tonga's law on marriage and lift the legal age to 18-years and over. Currently the law allows children from the ages of 15-17 to marry with parental consent.
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Wednesday 8 October 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An attempt by the Ministry of Justice to reform Tonga's judicial system is on hold, awaiting HM King Tupou VI's consent to amendments of the Constitution and the Judicial and Legal Service Commission Act, that were passed by Parliament at the end of August. A constitutional review has found that "The provisions in the Constitution relating to the Judiciary are particularly laking in both structure and content to the extent that they are not only unworkable but are totally incompatible with the principles of constitutional monarchy and democracy upon which the new Constitution of 2010 was supposed to have been founded." By Pesi Fonua.
Tuesday 24 September 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Chief Justice has been forced to cancel a second session of Tonga’s Court of Appeal that was scheduled for October-November this year due to the loss of vital positions in the Supreme Court Registry in Nuku‘alofa.
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Thursday 19 April 2012
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Charles Cato of New Zealand is to join the Supreme Court of Tonga as its third judge, after his appointment was confirmed by the King in Council on April 4.
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Saturday 26 September 1998
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Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
Mr Justice Gordon Ward, who was Chief Justice for Tonga 1992-1995 will return as Chief Justice starting on November 16 under local appointment. When Mr Justice Ward left Tonga in 1995, it also concluded a 90-year working relationship between Tonga and the United Kingdom.
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