Neil Adsett | |
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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]
Neil Adsett | |
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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]