Application for Admission to the Bar
Applicant name: Comfed
Part One: Experience as a Justice or counsel
1. Have you served as a Justice (including as a Temporary Hearing Officer)? <No> (if No, move to question 5)
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5. Have you served as a Prosecutor? <No> (if No, move to question 8)
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8. Have you served as counsel to a defendant in a criminal trial? <Yes> (if No, move to question 11)
9. In which criminal trials were you counsel to a defendant?
TNP v. Ihese and TNP v. Nubt II of Mortipal
10. Did you participate in any requests for review related to those trials? (If so, please identify the requests for review)
No
Part Two: Legal Writing
11. Have you authored any substantial legal work? (Examples include: briefs in requests for review; analysis or explanations of the law; arguments in criminal trials; bills that have been made law. However, it does not include any Official Opinion, Verdict or Sentencing Order of the Court or any decision or argument made in a trial or request for review identified in Part One) <Yes> (if No, move to question 14)
12. Have you authored any briefs in requests for review? (If so, please identify the requests for review)
Brief in On the Delegate's Authority to Issue Sanctions
13. Have you authored any other substantial legal work? (If so, identify no more than two)
Sentencing recommendation in TNP v. Nubt II
Loss of On-Site Access Act
Part Three: Other Relevant Experience
14. Have you served in a Constitutionally-mandated Elected Office? (This does not include the office of Justice) <No> (if No, move to question 17)
15. Which offices have you served in and between what dates?
Deputy Speaker (September 12, 2020 to the end of the Speaker term)
Gameside Advocate (Jan 14, 2021 to April 21, 2021)
Deputy Minister of Communications (October 16, 2021 to the end of the Delegate term)
Editor-in-Chief (Jan 20, 2022 to April 13, 2022)
Deputy Minister of Defence (March 14, 2023 to the end of the Delegate term)
Minister of Home Affairs (May 13, 2023 to present)
16. Were you required to make a decision which required you to analyse and apply the law? (If so, please identify no more than two examples of this and explain why they show substantial knowledge of the law)
No
17. Have you served as a government official in any other office in the previous two years? (This does not include any office identified in Part One)<Yes> (if No, move to question 20)
18. Which offices have you served in and between what dates?
Minister of Home Affairs (May 13, 2023 to present)
19. Were you required to make a decision which required you to analyse and apply the law? (If so, please identify an example of this and explain why it shows substantial knowledge of the law)
No
Part Four: Acceptability Disclosure
20. Have you previously been convicted of any crime in The North Pacific? <No> (if No, move to question 22)
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22. Have you previously been recalled from office as Justice or Prosecutor? <No> (if No, move to question 24)
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24. Have you previously been found by the Court to be in contempt of court or to have submitted an appeal or review that was frivolous or solely for the purpose of delaying proceedings? <No> (if No, move to question 26)
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26. Have you previously had your membership of the Bar revoked for any reason other than ceasing to be a citizen? <No> (if No, move to question 28)
28. If you answered Yes to any of questions 20, 22, 24, or 26, why do you consider that you would be an acceptable member of the bar, despite any prior conviction, recall, adverse finding by the Court, or revocation of Bar membership?
N/A
Part Six: Request for Admission and Declaration
I apply to the Bar Commissioners for admission to the Bar.
I declare that the information I have provided in this application is true and that I have not failed to provide any information required by this application.
Applicant name: Comfed
Part One: Experience as a Justice or counsel
1. Have you served as a Justice (including as a Temporary Hearing Officer)? <No> (if No, move to question 5)
...
5. Have you served as a Prosecutor? <No> (if No, move to question 8)
...
8. Have you served as counsel to a defendant in a criminal trial? <Yes> (if No, move to question 11)
9. In which criminal trials were you counsel to a defendant?
TNP v. Ihese and TNP v. Nubt II of Mortipal
10. Did you participate in any requests for review related to those trials? (If so, please identify the requests for review)
No
Part Two: Legal Writing
11. Have you authored any substantial legal work? (Examples include: briefs in requests for review; analysis or explanations of the law; arguments in criminal trials; bills that have been made law. However, it does not include any Official Opinion, Verdict or Sentencing Order of the Court or any decision or argument made in a trial or request for review identified in Part One) <Yes> (if No, move to question 14)
12. Have you authored any briefs in requests for review? (If so, please identify the requests for review)
Brief in On the Delegate's Authority to Issue Sanctions
13. Have you authored any other substantial legal work? (If so, identify no more than two)
Sentencing recommendation in TNP v. Nubt II
Loss of On-Site Access Act
Part Three: Other Relevant Experience
14. Have you served in a Constitutionally-mandated Elected Office? (This does not include the office of Justice) <No> (if No, move to question 17)
15. Which offices have you served in and between what dates?
Deputy Speaker (September 12, 2020 to the end of the Speaker term)
Gameside Advocate (Jan 14, 2021 to April 21, 2021)
Deputy Minister of Communications (October 16, 2021 to the end of the Delegate term)
Editor-in-Chief (Jan 20, 2022 to April 13, 2022)
Deputy Minister of Defence (March 14, 2023 to the end of the Delegate term)
Minister of Home Affairs (May 13, 2023 to present)
16. Were you required to make a decision which required you to analyse and apply the law? (If so, please identify no more than two examples of this and explain why they show substantial knowledge of the law)
No
17. Have you served as a government official in any other office in the previous two years? (This does not include any office identified in Part One)<Yes> (if No, move to question 20)
18. Which offices have you served in and between what dates?
Minister of Home Affairs (May 13, 2023 to present)
19. Were you required to make a decision which required you to analyse and apply the law? (If so, please identify an example of this and explain why it shows substantial knowledge of the law)
No
Part Four: Acceptability Disclosure
20. Have you previously been convicted of any crime in The North Pacific? <No> (if No, move to question 22)
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22. Have you previously been recalled from office as Justice or Prosecutor? <No> (if No, move to question 24)
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24. Have you previously been found by the Court to be in contempt of court or to have submitted an appeal or review that was frivolous or solely for the purpose of delaying proceedings? <No> (if No, move to question 26)
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26. Have you previously had your membership of the Bar revoked for any reason other than ceasing to be a citizen? <No> (if No, move to question 28)
28. If you answered Yes to any of questions 20, 22, 24, or 26, why do you consider that you would be an acceptable member of the bar, despite any prior conviction, recall, adverse finding by the Court, or revocation of Bar membership?
N/A
Part Six: Request for Admission and Declaration
I apply to the Bar Commissioners for admission to the Bar.
I declare that the information I have provided in this application is true and that I have not failed to provide any information required by this application.
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