The Chief Magistrate is a judicial officer in the government of Fiji, who presides over the Magistrates Courts. The following persons have held office...

Matanitobua is a former Fijian judge, who took office as Chief Magistrate of Fiji on 14 December 2005, succeeding David Balram. Her term of appointment was for...

Salesi Temo is a Fijian jurist. In January 2023 he was appointed acting Chief Justice of Fiji. Temo worked as a magistrate, and played a prominent role...

instigator of the coups of 1987, former Commander of Fiji Military, former Prime Minister of Fiji Ratuvili, Usaia - Chief Magistrate of Fiji Savu, Akuila...

The chief justice is the Republic of Fiji's highest judicial officer. The office and its responsibilities are set out in Chapter 5 of the 2013 Constitution...

1905 – 11 July 1963) was a New Zealand-born lawyer and magistrate. He served as Chief Justice of Fiji from 1962 until his death the following year. MacDuff...

when the chief official was the president of the Council. In 1999, the magistrate's non-judicial functions were transferred to the new office of mayor....

Attorney General of Sierra Leone and Chief Justice in both Fiji and Tonga. Born in Randsfjord in Norway, Hyne graduated from the University of Queensland....

Sekove Naqiolevu is a Fijian lawyer and Solomon Islands judge. Naiqiolevu, a former Chief Magistrate of Fiji, was appointed as a judge of the High Court and...

The politics of Fiji take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic. Fiji has a multiparty system with the Prime...

The Fijian coups d'état of 1987 resulted in the overthrow of the elected government of Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra, the deposition of Elizabeth...

The majority of Fiji's islands were formed through volcanic activity starting around 150 million years ago. Today, some geothermic activity still occurs...

appointed Resident Magistrate and then Chief Magistrate of Fiji, and Senior Magistrate for Tuvalu. In 1988, he was appointed Attorney General of Anguilla with...

functions such as registration of births, deaths and marriages, liquor licences and acting as Third Class Magistrates. Fiji is divided into 17 districts...

British jurist. He held the position of Chief Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific and Chief Justice of Fiji between 1936 and 1945, and served as...

the Department of Justice as a magistrate in 1969 (serving Suva, Sigatoka, Nadi, and the Northern Division), he became Chief Magistrate in 1980. He also...

The Cabinet of Fiji is a Government body of Ministers appointed by the Prime Minister of Fiji and responsible to the Parliament of Fiji. The Cabinet's...

Matanitobua, Naomi, Chief Magistrate Mishra, Ghananand, jurist (1916–2005) Naqiolevu, Sekove, judge Shameem, Nazhat, judge Singh, Ajit Swaran, Fiji-born New Zealand...

2015) was a Fijian judge, who was Chief Justice from 31 March 1980 to 31 July 2002, when he retired. He was Fiji's first native-born Chief Justice. Tuivaga...

Gates CF was the chief justice of Fiji from 2008 to 2019. Gates is best known for his decision in Chandrika Prasad v. Att-Gen of Fiji [2000] 2 FLR 89;...

Confederacy, a hierarchy of chiefs from southern and western Fiji with Roko Tui Dreketi of Rewa as the paramount chief. It consists of Kadavu Island, Ono Island...

Indo-Fijian judge, civil servant, and football administrator. He was the first Fijian appointed to be a magistrate, and the first appointed as a judge of the...

jurist and barrister who was the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Malaysia. He was also Chief Justice of Fiji. Born in Clydebank, Scotland, he attended...

The Court of Appeal of Fiji is one of three courts that were established by Chapter 9 of the 1997 Constitution, the others being the High Court and the...

Minister of Justice on recommendation of the Chief Justice of the High Court, however, the Chief Justice may establish single magistrate units of which there...

Chapter 9 of the 1997 Constitution of Fiji is titled Judiciary. It is divided into twenty-two sections, setting out the composition and functions of the Judicial...

governors of Anguilla. The official title of the position began as Deputy Governor of Anguilla, which transitioned to Chief Magistrate of Anguilla, and...

was later appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Fiji. Vusega Helu: First female (of Tongan descent) magistrate in Fiji (c. 1980s) Nazhat Shameem (1983):...

Senior Puisne Judge of the Gold Coast, who for the past eight years has held that office, previous to which he was Chief Magistrate of the Gambia for eight...

activities the district. The District Magistrate is assisted by one Chief Development Officer, one Additional District Magistrate i.e. ADM (Finance & Revenue)...