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Tonga Law Reports - [1997] Tonga LR - Subject Index

TONGA LAW REPORTS

1997

 

EDITOR:

HON. MR JUSTICE NIGEL HAMPTON O.B.E.
(Chief Justice of Tonga)

A publication of the Ministry of Justice,
Nuku'alofa, Kingdom of Tonga

INDEX OF SUBJECT MATTER	PAGE
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Judicial Review – the King - royal prerogatives - unreviewable    Tu'ipulotu v Kingdom of Tonga	257
Judicial review - procedure - affidavits - cross examination     Taumoepeau v Tonga Water Board	169
Judicial review - delay - leave     Holani v Kingdom of Tonga	263
ADOPTION
Customary - claim to deceased estate    Faletau v 'Akau'ola	185
AFFILIATION
Complaint - procedure - hearing - corroboration     Fonua v Tonga'onevai	106
ANIMALS
Trespass by - killing of - duties of owner, finder     Lonitenisi v Tu'i'onetoa	242
ARCHITECT
Negligence - standards     Monfort Bros v Jaimi	251
ARMS & AMMUNITION
Possession of pistols and ammunition - sentencing     R v Talia'uli	7
BAIL
Conditions - sureties - obligations - forfeiture      R v Moala	132
BANKING
Guarantee - explicit terms - reductions      Liava'a v Bank of Tonga	199
Consolidation of accounts - consent - transfer of funds      Bank of Tonga v. Havea	226
CONSTITUTION
Criminal charge - internal proceedings of Legislative Assembly - autrefois convict      Pohiva v Lasike	246
Contempt of court - impeachment     Attorney General v Fusitu'a, Akau'ola, Moala	18
Customary rights - survival of - legislation     Faletau v 'Akau'ola	185
Power of Supreme Court - proceedings of Legislative Assembly     Minister of Police v Moala, Akau'ola, Pohiva	209
Retrospective legislation - new Act     Schafer-Macdonald v Health Practitioners Reg. Council & Kingdom of Tonga	69
Trial - exclusion - of defendant     Sikuea, 'Akau'ola v Police	190
Royal prerogatives - not reviewable in Court     Tu'ipulotu v Kingdom of Tonga	257
CONTEMPT OF COURT
Administration of justice - Constitution - Court order     Attorney General v Fusitu'a, Akau'ola, Moala     Attorney General v 'Akau'ola     'Akau'ola v Attorney General	18 33 36
CONTRACT
Banking - implied terms - transfer of funds     Bank of Tonga v Havea	226
Banking - terms - construction     Liava'a v Bank of Tonga	199
Debt - loan - proof     Lin v Liou	206
COSTS
Law practitioners - solicitor/client costs - taxation      Spoutz v Taufeateau, Tu'utafaiva	154
CRIMINAL LAW
Appeal - sentence - import cocaine - increase - double jeopardy     Spoutz v Police     Spoutz v Police (No 2)	143 148
Appeal - sentence - behavioural offences - overcharging - delay     Tauvaka v Police	164
Autrefois convict - conditions     Pohiva v Lasike	246
Bail - conditions - sureties - forfeiture - obligations     R v Moala	132
Bodily harm - duress or coercion - self defence     R v Talivakaola	14
Bodily harm - sentencing     R v Talivakaola	14
Confession - statement - admissibility     R v Fakalata	68
Dances Act - Police - rank - proof - obstruction - lawful duties     Hopoi & Fusimalohi v Police	221
Defences - bodily harm - duress, coercion, self-defence - onus     R v Talivakaola	14
Defences - murder - diminished responsibility     R v Puli'uvea	265
Drug offences - sentencing - principles - on appeal - double jeopardy     Spoutz v Police     Spoutz v Police (No 2)	190 143
Evidence - disclosure pretrial     R v Fungavaka & Tapu	229
Forgery - falsification of accounts - guilty plea in trial - sentence     R v Fonokalafi	138
Immigration - passports - prosecution - forms & declarations     Police v Moala	238
Magistrates Court - exclusion of defendants - procedure     Sikuea & 'Akau'ola v Police	190
Manslaughter by negligence - elements     R v Naupoto	265
Motor manslaughter - sentence - disqualification     R v Taufa	7
Murder - manslaughter - diminished responsibility     R v Puli'uvea	40
Police - obstruction - lawful duties - Dances Act - rank - proof     Hopoi & Fusimalohi v Police	221
Possession of pistols and ammunition - sentencing     R v Talia'uli	7
Practice and procedure - committals from Magistrates Courts     Practice Direction No. 1/97	68
Practice and procedure - disclosure pretrial by prosecution     R v Fungavaka & Tapu	229
Rape - sleeping complainant - sentence     R v Holani	11
Sedition - elements     R v Sikuea	57
Sentencing - principles - multiple offending     R v Tokai	142
Sentencing - suspended sentence - subsequent offending - youth     R v Heleta	158
Trial - delays - adjournments     R v Filimoehala	140
DAMAGES
Adultery - magistrates Court - jurisdiction     Fua v Sifa	136
Conversion of goods - difficulties in assessment - means of     James v Bank of Tonga	54
Exemplary - failure of statutory duty - misfeasance - abuse of office     Schafer-Macdonald v Health Practitioners Reg. Council & Kingdom of Tonga     Health Practitioners Reg. Council & Kingdom of Tonga v Schafer-Macdonald	69 101
Exemplary - general - principles - awards     Manu & Kingdom of Tonga v Muller	192
DECEASED ESTATE
Donatio mortis cause - proof of promise - customary adoption     Faletau v 'Akau'ola	185
DIVORCE
Adultery - damages - jurisdiction     Fua v Sifa	136
EVIDENCE
Criminal conviction - affect of - civil trial     Flemming v Manu	196
Criminal law - confession - admissibility     R v Fakalata	171
Letter from Minister - weight     Kulitapa v Minister of Lands (No 2)     Minister of Lands v Kulitapa (No 2)	122 128
JUDICIAL REVIEW
Procedure - affidavits - cross examination     Taumoepeau v Tonga Water Board	169
HABEAS CORPUS
Court - power of - privilege of Legislative Assembly - contempt     Minister of Police v Moala, 'Akau'ola, Pohiva	209
IMMIGRATION
Arrival - declaration forms - prosecution - proof     Police v Moala	238
LAND
Hereditary estates and titles - jurisdiction - Land Court, not Supreme Court     Tu'ipulotu v Kingdom of Tonga	257
Judgment - previous decision - widows interest     Fotu v Ministers of Police & Lands	242
Limitation of time - available land - government purposes     Kulitapa v Minister of Lands     Minister of Lands v Kulitapa	108 116
Natural justice - Minister - competing claims     Cocker v Palavi & Minister of Lands	203
Required for government purposes - when     Kulitapa v Minister of Lands (No 2)     Minister of Lands v Kulitapa (No 2)	122 128
Resumption - Land Court - jurisdiction     Cocker v Palavi & Minister of Lands	203
LAW PRACTITIONERS
Costs –taxation - solicitor/client costs     Spoutz v Taufaeteau, Tu'utafaiva	154
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Contempt - Constitution - Supreme Court - habeas corpus     Minister of Police v Moala, 'Akau'ola, Pohiva	209
LIMITATION
Judicial review - delay - proof of good reason     Holani v Kingdom of Tonga	263
Land - time runs from refusal - accrual of cause of action     Kulitapa v Minister of Lands     Minister of Lands v Kulitapa	108 116
Transfer of banking funds - without consent - not extend time     Bank of Tonga v Havea	226
MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
Registration - delay - statutory duties - damages     Schafer-Macdonald v Health Practitioners Reg. Council & Kingdom of Tonga	69
PASSPORTS
False statement - forms - declaration     Police v Moala	238
PERSONALTY	71
House - not accrete to land - not fixture     Kolo v Bank of Tonga	181
POLICE
Obstruction - lawful execution of duty - rank - proof     Hopoi & Fusimalohi v Police	221
POUND AND ANIMALS
Trespass by animals - obligations of owner and finder     Lonitenisi v Tu'i'onetoa	161
PRACTICE & PROCEDURE
Affiliation complaint - hearing     Fonua v Tonga'onevai	106
Appeal - point not taken in court below     Cocker v Palavi & Minister of Lands	203
Appeal - reopen case - discretion     Lin v Liou	206
Committals from Magistrates Courts     Practice Direction No. 1/97	68
Criminal law - prosecution - disclosure pretrial     R v Fungavaka & Tapu	229
Divorce - adultery - damages - jurisdiction - Magistrates Courts     Fua v Sifa	136
Judgment - delivery of goods - previous judgment - res judicata     Bank of Tonga v Kolo     Kolo v Bank of Tonga	178 181
Judicial review - affidavits - cross examination     Taumoepeau v Tonga Water Board	169
Prosecutors duties - criminal case     Tauvaka v Police	164
Trial - crime - delay     R v Filimoehala	140
Trial - summary - exclusion of defendants     Sikuea & Akau'ola v Police	190
ROYAL PREROGATIVE
Judicial review - not applicable     Tu'ipulotu v Kingdom of Tonga	257
SEDITION
Criminal law - elements     R v Sikuea	57
SENTENCING
Appeal - increased sentence - no cross appeal - double jeopardy     Spoutz v Police (No 2)	148
Bodily harm     R v Talivakaola	1
Contempt of Court - administration of justice     Attorney General v Fusitu'a, Akau'ola, Moala     Attorney General v 'Akau'ola	18 33
Forgery - delay - guilty plea through trial     R v Fonokalafi	138
Manslaughter - diminished responsibility     R v Puli'uvea	40
Motor Manslaughter - disqualification     R v Taufa	14
Multiple offences - dealt with separately     R v Tokai	142
Possession of pistols and ammunition     R v Talia'uli	7
Probation - when appropriate     Pohiva v Lasike	246
Rape - sleeping complainant     R v Holani	11
Suspended sentence - youth - subsequent offending     R v Heleta	158
STATUTORY INTERPRETATION
Common law rules     Schafer-Macdonald v Health Practitioners Reg. Council & Kingdom of Tonga	69
Construction of statute - abolition of common law rights     Spoutz v Police (No 2)	148
TORT
Architect - negligence - standard     Monfort Bros v Jaimi	251
Assault - false imprisonment - damages     Manu & Kingdom of Tonga v Muller	192
Conversion of goods - joint venture     James v Bank of Tonga	54
Misfeasance of office - abuse of public office - state of mind     Schafer-Macdonald v Health Practitioners Reg. Council & Kingdom of Tonga     Health Practitioners Reg. Council & Kingdom of Tonga v Schafer-Macdonald	69 101
TRAFFIC
Motor manslaughter - disqualification     R v Taufa	14
WORDS AND PHRASES
Joint venture     James v Bank of Tonga	54
Required     Kulitapa v Minister of Lands (No 2)	122