Regional law groups condemn Fiji Legal Practitioners Decree
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Regional bodies are beginning to voice opposition to Fiji's latest presidental decree. The Legal Practitioners Decree hands over the issuing of practitioners licences to the Chief Registrar - a move which the Law Council of Australia views as another attack on the independence of the judiciary.
Presenter:
Speaker: Dr Gordon Hughes, Chairman of Law Council of Australia; Peter Ridgway, Former Deputy Director of the Fiji's Department of Public Prosecutions
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