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New magistrate to take the bench

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A new principal magistrate will soon start presiding over cases at the Honiara Magistrate’s Court.

Principal Magistrate Judith Fleming of Australia came under RAMSI’s law and Legal Program and will be here for one year.

Magistrate Fleming had been working in New South Wales Magistrates Court and the Juvenile Court as a magistrate.

Having taken her oath before Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer on Monday and a welcoming ceremonial sitting held for her in the Honiara magistrate’s court on Wednesday, she is ready to preside.

Since her arrival in Honiara almost a month ago, she had been observing magistrates presiding on court cases.

By Assumpta Buchanan