Neil Adsett
Neil Adsett | |
|---|---|
| Attorney General of Tonga | |
| In office 16 January 2012 – 26 June 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō |
| Preceded by | Barrie Sweetman (acting) |
| Succeeded by | ʻAminiasi Kefu (acting) |
Neil Adsett SC is an Australian lawyer. He served as Attorney General of Tonga from 2012 to 2014.
Adsett is from Australia and works as a law consultant, specialising in revising national statutes.[1] He has produced revisions of the laws of Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu, and other countries.[2]
In 2008 he worked as Tonga's Law Revision Commissioner.[3] He was subsequently appointed as Tonga's first anti-corruption commissioner.[4] In January 2012 he was appointed as Attorney General.[5][6] Shortly afterwards he was appointed Senior counsel.[7] He resigned in June 2014, as it was "the right time now for a Tongan lawyer to take over".[8][9]
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- ^ "Tonga's first anti corruption commissioner about to be announced". RNZ. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Support for Tonga's first anti-corruption commissioner". RNZ. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ Guy Powles (2012). POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM OPENS THE DOOR: THE KINGDOM OF TONGA'S PATH TO DEMOCRACY (PDF). Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific. p. 59. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Law Officers". Crown Law Tonga. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013.
- ^ "Attorney General Neil Adsett, appointed Senior Counsel". Matangi Tonga. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Tonga's Attorney General steps down". Kaniva Tonga. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Tonga's Attorney General to step down". RNZ. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
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