Michael Dishington Scott

Michael Dishington Scott is Chief Justice of Tonga.

Scott is a British national with a long career in the Pacific.^[1] He has previously served as a judge in Kiribati and the Solomon Islands, and served for 14 years as a judge on the High Court of Fiji.^[2] As a High Court judge in Fiji, in Yabaki v President of the Republic of the Fiji Islands, he ruled that the interim government established in the wake of the 2000 Fijian coup d'état was legal.^[3] This ruling was later overturned on appeal.^[4] From 2004 to 2007 he was a judge of the Fijian Court of Appeal.^[2]

He was appointed Chief Justice of Tonga in August 2010, replacing Anthony Ford.^[2] He assumed the role on September 27, 2010.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Chief Justice Scott starts today". Matangi Tonga. 2010-09-27. http://www.matangitonga.to/article/tonganews/law/20100927_tonga_chief_justice_scott.shtml. Retrieved 2010-09-29. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Appointment Of Chief Justice Of Tonga". Scoop Media. 2010-08-29. http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/08/appointment-of-chief-justice-of-tonga/. Retrieved 2010-09-29. 
3. ^ Yabaki v President of the Republic of the Fiji Islands (2001) FJHC 116.
4. ^ Yabaki v President of the Republic of the Fiji Islands (2003) FJCA 3.

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