'Afofa Ta’ai (49) was sentenced to prison for two-years six-months for falsification of accounts and embezzling $51,829 pa’anga from his employer Homegas Ltd on 5 October, at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court.
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Friday 6 November 2015
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Thursday 26 March 2015
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Tonga’s Court of Appeal heard 11 cases this week with judgements to be delivered on Tuesday, March 31 at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa.

Monday 23 February 2015
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Election petitions against two Vava’u People’s Representatives for alleged bribery and corrupt practices will be mentioned on Friday, March 6 at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court.

Monday 2 February 2015
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The Prime Minister Hon ‘Akilisi Pohiva has been given time to file an appeal against the grounds on which a Magistrate’s order was made in awarding costs against him, after he took unsuccessful private prosecutions against Princess Pilolevu Tuita and others last year.

Friday 30 January 2015
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The hearing of an application to appoint a liquidator for the liquidation of the Pacific International Commercial Bank will be held on 24 April at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court.

Thursday 22 January 2015
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A former Minister of Justice, Clive Edwards, who was awarded $14,500 in damages and costs by a Magistrate in a 2011 defamation case against the Kele'a newspaper and its editors, has filed a written submission to the court seeking to review an appeal against the award and submitting that Mateni Tapuelueulu's position as a parliamentarian is questionable because the defamation award had not been paid before the election.

Friday 22 August 2014
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After an application against his removal order was declined by the Supreme Court last week, Antone Thomas Pedras (62) was this week granted a stay on the removal until the outcome of his appeal to the Court of Appeal is determined in October this year.

Thursday 26 June 2014
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A 62-year-old fugitive from the United States, who is wanted by the FBI for wire fraud, will appear at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 22 to appeal against a removal order.

Friday 12 July 2013
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The Supreme Court in Nuku‘alofa will hear three Causes of Action filed by John Cauchi, against the Government of Tonga on November 19-21, 2013. Cauchi, Tonga’s former Attorney General, is claiming over AUD$500,000 in special damages and relief.

Thursday 27 June 2013
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Tonga's Chief Justice Hon. Michael Dishington Scott, in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court on 26 June, deferred his decision on the second of three declarations sought by a member of parliament, Sione Taione, who is calling for a judicial review of Cabinet decisions, and rejected the other two declarations.

Monday 17 December 2012
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An appeal by Lord Tu'ilakepa, a former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga, against a Magistrate's ruling to hold separate Preliminary Inquiries for his arms and drugs charges will be heard on 30 January, 2013.

Friday 6 July 2012
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Lord Lasike, the Speaker of the Tonga Legislative Assembly awaits judgement on one charge of possession of ammunitions without a licence, that will be delivered on Monday, July 9 at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa.

Thursday 5 July 2012
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Lord Lasike, the Speaker of the Tonga Legislative Assembly appeared in the Supreme Court at Nuku'alofa, this morning for the start of his trial on one charge of possession of ammunition without a licence, a charge he denies.

Tuesday 3 July 2012
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Lord Lasike, the Speaker of the Tonga Legislative Assembly will appear for trial on one charge of unlawful possession of ammunition on Thursday, July 5 at the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court.

Monday 7 May 2012
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Justice Robert Shuster has his final day on the bench today, May 7 after being a judge of the Supreme Court of Tonga during the past four years, and have presided over 800 cases.

Thursday 3 May 2012
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Justice Charles Cato, a New Zealander, was sworn in this morning, May 3, as Tonga's second Supreme Court Judge, replacing Justice Robert Shuster who has been a judge of the Tongan Supreme Court during the past four years.

Thursday 19 April 2012
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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.

Monday 6 February 2012
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Justice Robert Shuster imposed a four years suspended sentence on a 48-year-old father from Ha'ateiho who was convicted of incest and indecent assault, which he committed on his two daughters in 2008.

Monday 6 February 2012
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Two prolific thieves were sentenced to five years and six years imprisonment for a string of housebreakings, and theft of goods worth over $20,000 from 15 different homes, in four towns across the Eastern district of Tongatapu.

Friday 27 January 2012
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The Speaker of the Tonga Legislative Assembly, Lord Lasike has surrendered another passport to the Supreme Court on January 27, after pleading not guilty to a charge of unlawful possession of ammunition.