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Polye: Courts will not overrule PM

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Is there too much overlapping and duplication of processes in the operation of the State of PNG?  Does the latest court challenge of former Treasurer Don Polye highlight the excesses? Asks PNG Echo Yesterday (April 8) in the National Courts at Waigani, Justice Kandakasi declined to make an order re-instating Mr Polye as Treasurer pending a review of the correctness of the grounds for his dismissal. Justice Kandakasi reminded Mr Polye that he was a judge and not the Prime Minister where the prerogative lay. In another submission, which also crossed over legal boundaries and jurisdictions, Mr Napu lawyer for Continue reading Polye: Courts will not overrule PM→

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Vexatious litigation and Namah:

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Vexatious litigation is legal action that is brought, regardless of its merits, solely to harass or subdue an adversary.  Filing vexatious litigation is considered an abuse of the judicial process. By PNG Echo Opposition leader, Belden Namah, through his lawyer, Alois Jerewai, yesterday made an application to the court (Sakora J) to vary the conditions of a consent order made on 20 January in the court of Justice Cathy Davani that protected all parties to the proceedings from arrest until the court case was decided. It’s the latest salvo in a case that has little to do with justice and Continue reading Vexatious litigation and Namah:→

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