Justice Tafa�s groundbreaking decision; Is it worth celebrating in light of an executive that overpowers the legislature?

The past weeks have been characterised by so much drama and fanfare regarding the Judiciary, and by and large the invincible hand of the Executive on the running of the Judiciary.

Judge President Ian Kirby began the year by introducing us on the role of the Court of Appeal (CoA) and admonished those who dared him for labelling some Judges as executive-minded.

The chairperson of the Law Society responded in similar tone and castigated the appointment of Judges to the CoA. The icing on the cake was delivered by Justice Abednego Tafa who temporarily closed the CoA.  The judgement by Justice Tafa has hallmarks of a dramatic departure from the norm, or is a groundbreaking interpretation as Justice Kirby put it.

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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