78 articles tagged "law"
Efforts are now underway to finally implement the Information Act 2018 in the country, and to also have an Accountability and Transparency Commission and Code of Conduct which was stated in the 2013 Constitution from wh
Despite efforts made by women Parliamentarians to raise awareness about issues affecting women and children, their voices are not making a significant impact, as cases of domestic violence continue to rise. This wa
University of Fiji Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Justice Devendra Pathik School of Law, Professor Shaista Shameem says the remark by Attorney General, Graham Leung that the three universities are churning out law grad
Attorney General, Graham Leung believes that an uncomfortable truth about law profession is that we have too many lawyers, and too many unskilled ones, and we see some new law firms being established by lawyers, some ba
Acting Director of Public Prosecutions, John Rabuku confirms that he is likely to leave his office by some time next week based on the exit plan discussed with the Judicial Services Commission. Rabuku has also hit
Attorney General, Graham Leung says it is regretted that the Acting Director of Public Prosecutions, John Rabuku should choose to remain in office despite the opinion of the Supreme Court. Leung says Rabuku should
The Fiji Law Society urges the Acting Director of Public Prosecutions, John Rabuku to immediately resign from his position and demonstrate that he respects the laws of Fiji and the courts constituted under those laws.
Minister for Justice, Siromi Turaga stresses that the Office of the Solicitor General’s Chambers, the Fiji Law Reform Commission and the Ministry of Justice will work closely with the Electoral Commission and the Fiji
The newly sworn-in lawyer Shamama Raqeeba Khan says her father's true principles of ethics and service to people have motivated her to become a Lawyer. Khan who is the daughter of former Assistant Police Commission
Acting Chief Justice Salesi Temo has reminded the 53 new law practitioners who were admitted to the bar today to be polite, work hard, study their case and be firm when advocating in the courtroom. While speaking d
The Fiji Law Society has written to Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka expressing its concern regarding the reported appointment of Filimoni Vosarogo as Attorney General of Fiji, and requesting the Fiji Government to with
Suva lawyer, Barbara Malimali has been appointed as the Interim Chair of the Electoral Commission while Reginald Jokhan has been appointed as a Commission member. This has been confirmed by the Prime Minister and C
The Fiji Law Society is strongly suggesting that the government should consider transferring all of FICAC’s prosecution powers to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and is also calling on the government
The fallout from the sacking of Chief Justice Fatiaki is still being felt today. Former President of the Fiji Law Society Graham Leung highlighted this at the Visionary Leadership Conference held at the Harbour Poi
The coalition government will review the Legal Practitioners Act 2009. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says the current Act was promulgated in 2009, replacing the Legal Practitioners Act 1997 which is a framework t
Prominent lawyer, Richard Naidu stresses that no law has been broken by the coalition government if it proposes to allow the use of vernacular languages in parliament. While responding to the FijiFirst Party Genera
Prominent lawyer, Richard Naidu stresses that FijiFirst Party General Secretary, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is wrong in saying that the coalition government is carrying out unlawful and unconstitutional actions. While rea
Citizens’ Constitutional Forum CEO, Louchrisha Hussain says Fiji’s current trend of passing bills into law with little to no public participation and consultation is worrying and any proposed changes to a law that a
The Electoral Amendment Bill that will be debated and voted on in Parliament tomorrow states that if the Supervisor of Elections has reason to believe that a person has information or documents relevant to or required b
Words matter, especially from a Minister, and these words were inappropriate according to the Director of Public Prosecutions Christopher Pryde while speaking about Minister for Women Rosy Akbar /+ARTICLE-279437+AR
