Neil Adsett Explained
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]
Notes and References
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- Web site: Completed Projects . Laws Consolidated . 21 August 2022.
- Web site: Tonga's first anti corruption commissioner about to be announced . RNZ . 13 June 2008 . 21 August 2022.
- Web site: Support for Tonga's first anti-corruption commissioner . RNZ . 16 June 2008 . 21 August 2022.
- Book: POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM OPENS THE DOOR: THE KINGDOM OF TONGA'S PATH TO DEMOCRACY . Guy Powles . Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific . 59 . 2012 . 3 August 2021.
- Web site: Law Officers . Crown Law Tonga . https://web.archive.org/web/20130419235427/http://www.crownlaw.gov.to/cms/index.php/about-us/crown-law-officers.html . 19 April 2013.
- Web site: Attorney General Neil Adsett, appointed Senior Counsel . Matangi Tonga . 19 March 2012 . 21 August 2022.
- Web site: Tonga's Attorney General steps down . Kaniva Tonga . 20 June 2014 . 21 August 2022.
- Web site: Tonga's Attorney General to step down . RNZ . 23 June 2014 . 21 August 2022.
