The Supreme Court has ordered the government to hand over money it owes Lord Lasike to the ANZ.
The bank had sought an order to garnishee the money owed to the former Speaker of Parliament after he failed to pay back more than $TP1 million he owed.
On July 9, 2012, Lord Lasike was convicted in the Supreme Court of possessing ammunition without a license.
He lost his hereditary title and estates of Lasike, his seat in the Legislative Assembly and his position as Speaker.
The former Speaker successfully appealed his conviction in the Supreme Court in October 2012 and regained his title and estates, but not his seat in Parliament or position as Speaker.
As Kaniva News reported in February, Lord Chief Justice Paulsen ruled that Lord Lasike was entitled to recover pay he would have received from the moment he lost his seat as an MP and the Speaker’s Chair to the end of that session of Parliament.
He ordered that the government pay Lord Lasike TP$223,385.
The ANZ told the court Lord Lasike owed it TP$1,147,191.
The ruling means it will be entitled to the money owed to Lord Lasike.
However, the court ordered that Lord Lasike’s lawyer was entitled to be paid for services first, with the rest of the money going to the bank.
His lawyer is owed TP$62,810.
The court also ordered that ANZ was entitled to costs.
The main points
- The Supreme Court has ordered the government to hand over money it owes Lord Lasike to the ANZ.
- The bank had sought an order to garnishee the money owed to the former Speaker of Parliament after he failed to pay back more than $TP1 million he owed.
- In 2012, Lord Lasike was convicted on firearms charges and lost his seat in the Legislative Assembly and his position as
- In February the Supreme Court ordered that the government pay Lord Lasike TP$223,385 in lost wages.
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