Lesatele Rapi Vaai

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Lesatele Rapi Vaai is a Samoan judge. He served on the Supreme Court of Samoa until 2017, and again from 2020.

Vaai is a former president of the Samoa law Society.[1] He was appointed to the in 1996.[2] He later served as President of the Land and Titles Court of Samoa.[3] He was later appointed to the Supreme Court of Samoa.

He retired from the Court in February 2017 to take up a judicial position in Nauru.[4] Following his retirement he was appointed to chair a Commission of Inquiry into the actions of three police officers accused of misconduct and evidence tampering.[5] In November 2020 he was reappointed to the Supreme Court as a temporary judge for a term of one year to help deal with election-related cases.[6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Saga of the sacked Auditor-General". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 65, no. 11. 1 November 1995. p. 12. Retrieved 20 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Ministry of Justice bid farewell to Justice Lesatele Rapi Vaai" (PDF). Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2017.
  3. ^ "RELIGION IN SAMOA IS FREE, COURT RULES IN OVERTURNING BANISHMENT". Pacific Islands Report. 26 August 2002. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. ^ Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong (5 November 2020). "Justice Vaai returns to local bench". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  5. ^ "A retired Samoa judge is to lead police inquiry". RNZ. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  6. ^ Maina Vai (6 November 2020). "Supreme Court of Samoa Recalls Lesatele Rapi Vaai". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Retired judge to preside over Samoa election eligibility cases". RNZ. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2021.


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