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Fepulea'i Attila Ropati
Fepulea'i Attila Ropati (born 1968) is a Samoan judge who served as President of the Land and Titles Court of Samoa from 2016 to 2022. Fepulea'i is from the village of Saleaula. He was educated at the University of the South Pacific, University of New England and the University of Tasmania. He has previously worked as a lawyer, for the Samoa Shipping Corporation and for the Land and Titles Court. From 2008 to 2016 he was Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. In July 2016 he was appointed as President of the Land and Titles Court, and he was sworn in on 1 August 2016. Controversy In December 2017 Fepulea'i smashed a bottle on the head of a security guard at an end of year party. In March 2018 he took leave from his position as President of the court until criminal charges were resolved. He subsequently pleased guilty to a charge of actual bodily harm, and was discharged without conviction. Following an appeal from the Attorney-General, a re-trial was ordered, and in Februar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of The South Pacific Alumni
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Samoan Lawyers
Samoan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean ** Something of, from, or related to Samoa, a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands ** Something of, from, or related to American Samoa, a United States territory in the Samoan Islands * Samoan language, the native language of the Samoan Islands * Samoans Samoans or Samoan people ( sm, tagata Sāmoa) are the indigenous Polynesian people of the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in Polynesia, who speak the Samoan language. The group's home islands are politically and geographically divided between th ..., a Polynesian ethnic group of the Samoan Islands {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land And Titles Court Of Samoa Judges
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People From Gaga'emauga
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Samoa Observer
The ''Samoa Observer'' is the largest newspaper group in Samoa published in both English and Samoan. The ''Samoa Observer'' is published Monday to Friday, the ''Weekend Observer'' on Saturdays and the ''Sunday Samoan'' on Sundays with all editions available online. Coverage includes local and international news, editorial opinion, sports and investigative journalism. The Samoa Observer was founded in 1978 by Editor in Chief, Savea Sano Malifa, a poet and leading Pacific journalist who was awarded the prestigious Commonwealth Astor Award for press freedom in 1998. The independent paper has received other awards for investigative journalism and press freedom.Samoa Observer website Retrieved 1 August 2010 It has faced lawsuits from government officials and business leaders following the publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Su'a Hellene Wallwork
Su'a Hellene Wallwork-Lamb is a Samoan lawyer and jurist. Since September 2021 she has been Attorney-General of Samoa. Su'a is from Lefaga and was educated at the University of Auckland. After working in the Office of the Attorney-General, she returned to New Zealand, where she worked for the New Zealand Police and the Commerce Commission and in private practice. In 2013 she returned to Samoa and established a law firm with her husband. In April 2016 she was appointed Sweden's Honorary Consul in Samoa. In March 2017 she was elected President of the Samoa Law Society. She served as vice-president for the next three years, and was elected president again in 2021. As Vice-president of the society she fronted the society's submissions during the 2021 Samoan constitutional crisis, criticising ''O le Ao o le Malo'' Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II's attempt to stop parliament from meeting and the Human Rights Protection Party's post-crisis attacks on the judiciary. She was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land And Titles Bill
The Land and Titles Bill is one of three bills passed by the Legislative Assembly of Samoa to reform the legal framework around the Land and Titles Court of Samoa and Samoan customary law. The bills are viewed by some as undermining human rights and the rule of law, and are the subject of significant controversy in Samoa. The bills were passed on 15 December 2020. Background Samoan law stems from two sources: English common law, as ultimately embodied in the Constitution of Samoa, and Samoan customary law, such as ''Faʻamatai''. In 1992 the Supreme Court of Samoa found that "Samoa has two systems of law working side by side. On the one hand, we have statute law, English common law and equity, on the other, custom and usage and the principles of customary law which governs the holding of matai titles and customary land—each legal system has its own court." Customary law is also primary for issues of village governance under the Village Fono Act 1990. 80% of land in Samoa is he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matamua Vasati Pulufana
Matamua Seumanu Vasati Pulufana is a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. She is a member of the FAST Party. Matamua is the wife of former MP Tiata Sili Pulufana and is a former educator. She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 2021 Samoan general election, defeating finance minister Sili Epa Tuioti. On 24 May 2021 she was appointed Minister of Justice and Courts Administration in the elected cabinet of Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa. The appointment was disputed by the caretaker government. On 23 July 2021 the Court of Appeal ruled that the swearing-in ceremony was constitutional and binding, and that FAST had been the government since 24 May. In December 2021 Matamua suspended the appointment process for the Deputy President for the Land and Titles Court of Samoa on the grounds that a "drafting error" in the Land and Titles Bill meant that there were no legal provisions for appointments to the court. Attorney-General Su'a Hellene Wallwork Su'a Helle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
Afioga Fiamē Naomi Mataafa (born 29 April 1957) () is a Samoan politician and High Chiefess ('' matai'') who has served as the seventh Prime Minister of Samoa and leader of the Faatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party since 2021. The daughter of Samoa's first prime minister Fiamē Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu II, Mata'afa is the first woman to serve as Samoa's head of government and the first to not be a member of the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) since 1982. A member of the HRPP until 2020, she was the first woman appointed to Cabinet in Samoa's history. Mata'afa was the Minister of Education from 1991 to 2006 in the governments of prime ministers Tofilau Eti Alesana and Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi. In addition, she was the Minister of Women from 2006 to 2011 and Minister of Justice from 2011 to 2016. Mata'afa served as Samoa's first female deputy prime minister and deputy leader of the HRPP from 2016 to 2020, resigning in opposition to the controversial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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