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as representative of the Vanua of Momi. \par FIRST PLAINTIFF \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid401023 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid401023 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid401023 OSEA TURUVA}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid401023 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 of Lot 1 Hunter Street, Flagstaff, Suva}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 as another representative of the Vanua of Momi. \par SECOND PLAINTIFF \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid401023 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid401023 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}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid5118659 Dates of Submissions:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 14 October,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 28 Octobe r and 4 November 2004 \par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid5118659 Date of Judgment:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 13 January 2006 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid401023 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid401023 JUDGMENT OF FINNIGAN J \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16606429 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 I have before me an Originating Summons filed on 10 March 2005 in which the Plainti}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 ffs seek the following remedies:}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429 \par }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid10443885 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid401023 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 (i}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid10443885 ) }{ \b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid14308573 A Declaration}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 that the decision of the Native Fisherie}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10443885 s Commission that was made on 11}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\super\langnp2057\insrsid10443885\charrsid10443885 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10443885 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 August, 1964 in respect of the boundaries of areas covering the fishing rights of the vanua of Momi cannot be supported by the evidence that was adduced at the hearing and is theref}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14762979 ore null, void and of no effect.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid401023 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid16606429 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid401023 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 (ii}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid10443885 ) }{ \b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid14308573 An Order}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 setting aside the decision of the Native Fisheries Commission on the boundaries of fishing rights of the vanua of Momi. \par }\pard \ql 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}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 The proceedings were filed first at the High Court in Suva}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6246536 .}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 The Solicitor-General filed an Acknowledgment of Service on behalf of all three Defendants but no other pleadings. On 4 April 2005 after Counsel}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 for the parties were heard Pathik J transfer}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 red the proceedings to the Lauto}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 ka Registry.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid16606429 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 On 1 July 2005 the matter was put before me and Mr Tevita Fa appeared for the Plaintiffs, there was no appearance for the Defendants. Mr Fa persuaded me that an affidavit in reply by} {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7160783 the Defendants was needed and I}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 timetabled affidavits by first the Defendants (9 September 2005) and th}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2580875 en by the Plaintiffs in answer (15 September 2005)}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 listed the matter for 16 September. \par \par On 16 September Coun sel appeared for both parties. Mr Fa sought another fourteen days for the Plaintiffs' affidavit in answer, there was no objection and this was timetabled. Thereafter the Plaintiff was to file and serve written submissions with submissions in reply and ans wer as}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14762979 set out in the heading above. I}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 undertook to deliver a ruling on notice on or after 7 November 2005.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid16606429 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 No submissions were filed. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 \par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid1202443 The Affidavits \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 Affidavits in support of the application were filed by the Plaintiffs on 10 March 2005. On 5 September 2 005 the Chairman of the Native Fisheries Commission filed an affidavit in reply on behalf of the First Defendant. On 22 September 2005 the First Plaintiff filed an affidavit in answer. These affidavits not only set out the basic facts of the matter, they also contain considerable comment and submission. \par \par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid6378700 The Facts and Submissions \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid16606429 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 The Plaintiffs say they bring these proceedings as representatives of the Vanua of Momi, the people gener}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13244079 ally known by the name Tabanivon}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13244079 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 ira.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid16606429 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 The First Plaintiff was present on a date in 1964 when the Native Fisheries Commission conducted an enquiry into the fishing rights for the Vanua of Momi or Tabanivo}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5199190 no-}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 ira. He has, apparently only recently, begun to question the decision that the Commission subsequently made. He has been r eading the notes of the evidence tha}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 t were taken during the enquiry.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 He says that the decision does not match the evidence. He wants the fishing boundaries re-drawn. He submits in his first affidavit (para. 26) that the failure of the Commission "to base i ts ruling as highlighted on the evidence adduced at the hearing renders such ruling null, void and of effect". Hence his application for the relief set out above. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 In his affidavit the Chairman of the Commission sets out relevant facts from the Commission's records including its record of the enquiry which was conducted at }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4536867 Lawaqa, Nadroga on 11 August 196}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 4. He states in his affidavit (at para. 26) that }{ \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid4483965 Section 17 of the Fisheries Act Cap 158}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 provides for an appeal against the decision of the Commission and that neither the Plaintiff nor any other person lodged an appeal against the Commission's decision, which was made on 11 August 1964. The appellate body is the Appeals Tribunal which is created by Section 17.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid16606429 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 That last statement by the Chairman is both }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11348350 fact and submission. So far as I}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 can see it is one of the several reasons why this application cannot succeed. I set out here the relevant parts of Section 17}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11762117 ;}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid401023 {\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid2108539 S. 17}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid2108539 (1}{ \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid2108539 ) There is hereby constituted an Appeals Tribunal consisting of a Chairman}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5314518 and two other members .......}{ \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid2108539 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16606429 {\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid2108539 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid401023 {\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid2108539 It shall be the duty of the Appeals Tribunal to hear and determine appeals from decisions of the Commission under Section 16, and any}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13264304 such determination by the Appeal}{ \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid2108539 s Tribunal sh}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid2108539 all}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid2108539 be f}{ \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid2108539 i}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid2108539 na}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid2108539 l}{ \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid2108539 . \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid401023 {\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid2108539 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid401023 {\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid2108539 (2) A}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14762979\charrsid2108539 ny person aggrieved by any such}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid2108539 decision of the Commission shall within ninety days of the announcement thereof give notice o}{ \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid2108539 f his desire to appeal, .......}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid2108539 ....... \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid401023 {\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid2108539 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid401023 {\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid2108539 (3) ........................... \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid401023 {\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid2108539 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid401023 {\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6839028 (4) If no notice o}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid2108539 f appeal is given the record of the Commission shall be conclusive and final. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16606429 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 The only submission that the First Plaintiff makes is in para. 25 of his second affidavit}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10254198 ;}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 "I say in reply that the Commission has not done its work according to law. I pray as per the reliefs in the Originating Summons". That is not sufficient answer. The Plaintiffs had by law ninety days after 11 August 1964 to challenge the Commission's bou ndaries determination. They did not exercise their right to do that. An Originating Summons brought 40 years later cannot be entertained.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023\charrsid16606429 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 A further reason for rejecting this application is that it may be considered to be in the nature of judicia}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 l}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 review. W ithout going into detail, if judicial review of the boundaries determination were sought now it would probably fail for the reasons I have just stated and it would certainly fail by reason of the delay.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14308573 \par A further reason presents itself. I have read the affidavits}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6233659 and those of the annexures, whi}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2834744 ch the P}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14308573 laintiffs supplied in English translation. The evidence falls far s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6844513 hort of persuading me that the C}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14308573 ommission made such a mistake that its det}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6844513 ermination should in justice }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14308573 be re-visited. \par \par For these reasons I decline the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9505137 P}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6126156 laintiff}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14308573 s}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6126156 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14308573 application and dismiss the Originating Summons. \par \par Each party will bear its own costs. I make no order. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3685344\charrsid16606429 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3685344 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12064431 D.D.}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3685344\charrsid3685344 F}{ \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10306331 innigan}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10306331 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid401023 JUDGE \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16606429 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3685344 At Lautoka \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 13}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid401023 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12064431 January 2006}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16606429\charrsid16606429 . \par }}