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

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.