Two new judges and four magistrates will be sworn in by President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau at Government House tomorrow.

Chief Registrar Ana Rokomokoti confirmed to Fijivillage that the four are from Sri Lanka and have accepted to join the judiciary in Fiji.

The new appointments are expected to ease the work load on the current judges and magistrates, as some magistrates have to deal with up to 60 cases per day due to the lack of magistrates which has seen a back log of cases piling up at the court registries.

The new magistrates and judges will be sworn in at 3pm tomorrow.

Meanwhile, the Australian High Commission in Suva earlier issued a statement saying that they never disallowed the incoming judges from Sri Lanka to transit through Australia to Fiji.

The High Commission stated it is not the case that visas were refused to individuals travelling from Sri Lanka to take up judicial positions in Fiji.

The Australian High Commission said in fact, a decision had been made to issue visas to enable the new judges to transit Australia.

It revealed that the people concerned withdrew their visa applications after deciding instead to travel to Fiji via Korea.

However, it stated that as a courtesy, the Australian High Commission in Colombo advised these individuals that once they took up their positions in Fiji, they would be subject to Australia's travel restrictions policy.