IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TONGA

Practice Direction 1/03

Supreme Court Case File Prefixes

As part of the computerisation of the system in the Supreme Court, it will be necessary to alter some of the prefixes that have been used hitherto.

From 1 February 2003, the following prefixes must be used:

Civil	CV
	
Criminal	CR
	
Land	LA
	
Family (except divorce)	FA
	
Family Divorce	FD
	
Admiralty	AD
	
Appeals from Magistrates' Courts	AM
	
Court of Appeal	AC
	
Registrar General	RG	

Cases already bearing the old prefixes will not be changed but, after 1 February 2003, no new cases will be accepted for filing unless they conform to this direction.

Gordon Ward
CHIEF JUSTICE

NUKU'ALOFA: 15 JANUARY 2003