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Court Of Appeal Of Samoa
The Supreme Court of Samoa () is the superior court dealing with the administration of justice in Samoa. It was established by Part VI of the Constitution of Samoa. It consists of the Chief Justice of Samoa and other judges as appointed by the Head of State on the advice of the Prime Minister of Samoa. Judges serve until they reach the age of 68 years, and can only be removed from office on the address of the Legislative Assembly on grounds of misbehaviour or infirmity; this requires a two-thirds majority of all MPs. Acting Judges may be appointed for a fixed term. The court has jurisdiction over the interpretation of the constitution, enforcement of fundamental rights, and membership of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. It also has "such original, appellate and revisional jurisdiction as may be provided by Act". At present this is criminal jurisdiction where there is a statutory maximum sentence of more than seven years and a civil jurisdiction where the amount claimed is more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono and Apolima); and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands (Nu'utele, Nu'ulua, Fanuatapu and Namua). Samoa is located west of American Samoa, northeast of Tonga (closest foreign country), northeast of Fiji, east of Wallis and Futuna, southeast of Tuvalu, south of Tokelau, southwest of Hawaii, and northwest of Niue. The capital city is Apia. The Lapita culture, Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan Islands around 3,500 years ago. They developed a Samoan language and Samoan culture, Samoan cultural identity. Samoa is a Unitary state, unitary Parliamentary system, parliamentary democracy with 11 Administrative divisions of Samoa, administrative divisions. It is a sovereign state and a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vui Clarence Nelson
Vui Clarence Joseph Nelson (born 22 December 1955) is a Samoan judge. He sits on the Supreme Court of Samoa, and was the first Pacific Islands judge appointed to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. Nelson was born in Apia, Samoa, and educated at St. Joseph's College in Samoa and Timaru Boys' High School in New Zealand. He studied law at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, graduating in 1977. He returned to Samoa in 1979, where he worked for the Office of the Attorney General and then in private practice. In 2000 he was appointed to the District Court of Samoa, becoming Senior District Court Judge in 2001. In 2006 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Samoa. As a supreme court judge he decided the case of ''Police v Vailopa'' 009 which set requirements for police interviews of child suspects. He also advocated for the creation of a sex offender's registry in Samoa, resulting eventually in the passage of the Sex Offenders Registration Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Blanchard
Sir Peter Blanchard (born 2 August 1942) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Biography Blanchard was born in the Auckland suburb of Epsom on 2 August 1942, the son of Cyril and Zora Blanchard. His father served as a flying officer with the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II, and died during air operations over Germany on 26 May 1943. In 1968, Blanchard received a Master of Laws degree from the University of Auckland Law School. He was then awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and a Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship from Harvard Law School where he received a master's degree in law. He specialized in commercial, insolvency and property law as a partner at the Auckland law firms of Grierson Jackson & Partners (1968–1983) and Simpson Grierson (1983 to 1992). In 1992, Blanchard was appointed as a judge of the High Court of New Zealand and in 1996, he was appointed as a judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand. In 1998 Blanchard was appointed as a New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesatele Rapi Vaai
Lesatele Rapi Vaai is a Samoan judge and President of the Land and Titles Court of Samoa. He served on the Supreme Court of Samoa until 2017, and again from 2020. Vaai is a former president of the Samoa law Society. He was appointed to the District Court of Samoa in 1996. He later served as President of the Land and Titles Court of Samoa. He was later appointed to the Supreme Court of Samoa. He retired from the Court in February 2017 to take up a judicial position in Nauru. Following his retirement he was appointed to chair a Commission of Inquiry into the actions of three police officers accused of misconduct and evidence tampering. In November 2020 he was reappointed to the Supreme Court as a temporary judge for a term of one year to help deal with election-related cases. Justice Vaai has also presided over an application on April 14 2022 by Talalei Pauga to set aside a warrant of arrest issued by former Supreme Court of Samoa Deputy Registrar Fataasi, for conspiracy to murder t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiataualesa Daryl Clarke
Leiataualesa Daryl Clarke is a Samoan judge. He has served on the Supreme Court of Samoa since December 2016. Clarke was educated at the Australian National University and the University of Canberra in Australia. After working for the Australian government he worked as an Assistant Attorney General before entering private practice. In February 2016 he was appointed to the District Court of Samoa. In December 2016 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Samoa The Supreme Court of Samoa () is the superior court dealing with the administration of justice in Samoa. It was established by Part VI of the Constitution of Samoa. It consists of the Chief Justice of Samoa and other judges as appointed by the He .... In 2020 he freed a man who had been unlawfully imprisoned for five years beyond the end of his sentence. In January 2021 he took a leave of absence from the Court to study overseas. References Living people Samoan judges Samoan lawyers Australian National University alu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fepuleai Ameperosa Roma
Fepuleai Ameperosa Roma (born ~1977) is a Samoan judge. He has been a judge of the Supreme Court of Samoa since 15 January 2020. Fepuleai graduated from the University of the South Pacific law school in 1998. After working for the Inland Revenue Department and Samoa National Provident Fund he became a staff solicitor at Sapolu and Lussick, where he was mentored by Luamanuvao Katalaina Sapolu. He then established his own firm, and worked as a defence counsel. In 2014 he became the youngest judge ever appointed to the District Court of Samoa. He has also sat on the Land and Titles Court of Samoa. In January 2020 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Samoa The Supreme Court of Samoa () is the superior court dealing with the administration of justice in Samoa. It was established by Part VI of the Constitution of Samoa. It consists of the Chief Justice of Samoa and other judges as appointed by the He .... References Living people Samoan judges Samoan lawyers University of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tafaoimalo Leilani Tuala-Warren
Tafaoimalo Leilani Sina Naireen Tuala-Warren (born 28 November 1972) is a Samoan judge. She has been a Judge of the Supreme Court of Samoa since 29 April 2016. She is the second woman Supreme Court judge in Samoa. Tuala-Warren was born in Apia to parents who were both lawyers, and was educated at Leifiifi College in Malifa and Tintern Grammar in Melbourne, Australia. She won an AUSAID scholarship to the University of Sydney, graduating with a Bachelor of Economics in 1993. She then won a NZODA Scholarship to Waikato University, where she graduated with a Bachelor and Master of Laws in 1997, before completing a pre-admission course at the university's Institute of Professional Legal Studies in 1998. Tuala-Warren was a state solicitor in Samoa's Office of the Attorney-General from 1998 to 2002 before returning to Waikato University to teach from 2001 to 2005, variously as a tutor, teaching fellow and then law lecturer, teaching dispute resolution, corporate and commercial law and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mata Tuatagaloa
Mata Keli Tuatagaloa is a Samoan judge. She was the first woman judge in Samoa, having been appointed to the District Court of Samoa in 2011, and has been a judge of the Supreme Court of Samoa since August 2015. New Zealand judge Ida Malosi had been the first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court, however her appointment was on a temporary basis and Tuatagaloa was the first woman to be permanently appointed. Tuatagaloa was born in Samoa however she obtained her legal education in New Zealand and Australia, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from Waikato University, a Bachelor of Laws from the University of NSW and pursued further legal studies at the Australian National University. In 2000 Tuatagaloa became a partner at the law firm Brunt Kell, before moving in 2007 to be a partner at Richards Law Firm. Tuatagaloa was also the president of the Samoa Law Society. In 2011 Tuatagaloa was appointed a judge of the District Court and heard mostly criminal trials in both the Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satiu Simativa Perese
Satiu Simativa Perese (born 1962) is a Samoan judge. He has served as the Chief Justice of Samoa since 12 June 2020. Perese was born in Magiagi, Samoa and educated at Magiagi Primary School. His family moved to New Zealand when he was a child. He studied business at Massey University and then became a newsreader for Radio New Zealand. In 1986 he began studying law at Victoria University of Wellington, from which he graduated in 1989, and he was admitted to the bar in 1990. He subsequently worked for the New Zealand Crown Law Office. In 1995 he became the first Samoan to win a Harkness Fellowship, and studied at Columbia University in New York. Perese was admitted to the bar in Samoa in 1999, and has also worked in the Cook Islands. From 2000 to 2002 he was President of the Pacific Lawyers Society, and in 2002 he was appointed as inaugural chair of the National Pacific Radio Trust, which operates the Pacific Media Network. From 2003 to 2009 he was a member of the New Zealand Hum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitution Of Samoa
The Constitution of Samoa is a written constitution which is the supreme law in Samoa. It establishes Samoa as a parliamentary republic with a Westminster system and responsible government. It outlines the structure and powers of the Samoan government's three parts: the executive, legislature, and judiciary. The constitution was drafted by a pair of constitutional conventions in 1954 and 1960. The final draft was approved by a referendum in 1961, and came into force when Samoa became independent on 1 January 1962. The constitution can be amended by a two-thirds majority of the Legislative Assembly. It has been frequently amended, especially during the period of Human Rights Protection Party dominance from 1997 to 2021, often for the advantage of the ruling party. History Samoa became a United Nations trust territory in 1947, and began a transition towards self-government and independence. In March 1953 the New Zealand Government issued a "statement of policy" proposing inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Court Of Appeal Of Samoa
The Supreme Court of Samoa () is the superior court dealing with the administration of justice in Samoa. It was established by Part VI of the Constitution of Samoa. It consists of the Chief Justice of Samoa and other judges as appointed by the Head of State on the advice of the Prime Minister of Samoa. Judges serve until they reach the age of 68 years, and can only be removed from office on the address of the Legislative Assembly on grounds of misbehaviour or infirmity; this requires a two-thirds majority of all MPs. Acting Judges may be appointed for a fixed term. The court has jurisdiction over the interpretation of the constitution, enforcement of fundamental rights, and membership of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. It also has "such original, appellate and revisional jurisdiction as may be provided by Act". At present this is criminal jurisdiction where there is a statutory maximum sentence of more than seven years and a civil jurisdiction where the amount claimed is more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land And Titles Court Of Samoa
The Land and Titles Court of Samoa is a specialist court dealing with Matai titles and customary land in Samoa. The Court was originally established in 1903 under the German colonial administration as a Land Commission. It was continued under the New Zealand colonial administration, and formally became a court of record in 1934, though it was not renamed until 1937. It was continued by part IX of the Constitution of Samoa, which provided it with "such composition and with such jurisdiction in relation to Matai titles and customary land as may be provided by Act". Colonial law governing the Court was repealed in 1981, and replaced with the ''Land and Titles Act 1981''. The Court consists of a President, who must be qualified to be a Judge of the Supreme Court or as a Samoan Judge, and a number of Samoan Judges and Assessors, who must be qualified "by reason of character, ability, standing and reputation". Judges are appointed by the Head of State on the advice of the Judicial Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
