Judge Administrator for the Commercial Track Honourable Justice Thomas Anis and Justice John Carey attended the 5th Full Meeting of the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts (SIFoCC) in Doha, Qatar. The meeting was held at the Qatar University and attended by Chief Justices and Judges from 57 Commercial Courts around the world. SIFoCC exists for three reasons: 1. Users –... Read More

A total of twenty-four officers from the National Judicial Staff Services (NJSS) successfully completed a two-day Judicial Protocol training on 2 and 3 April 2024. The workshop was facilitated for the support staff of the Asia Pacific Mediation Forum Conference 2024, which will be hosted in Port Moresby from 19 to 21 August 2024. The workshop marked the inaugural session... Read More

The PNG Centre for Judicial Excellence (PNGCJE) is proud to announce the recent appointment of Mr. Nicholas Mirou, as the Deputy Executive Director (DED) for the Division effective February 26, 2024. The recently appointed DED, Mr. Mirou hails from the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea. He is married and has two children who have both graduated from the University... Read More

A total of twenty (20) participants recently participated in the first Customer Service training for this year in Alotau, Milne Bay Province on the 27 – 28 of February 2024 PNG Centre for Judicial Excellence (PNGCJE) Program officer for the National Judicial Staff Services (NJSS) Ms. Emmah John said participants comprised of staff from the National Court, the district court,... Read More

The Papua New Guinea Centre for Judicial Excellence in conjunction with the Commonwealth Secretariat, hosted a two-day symposium on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence at the Hilton Hotel in Port Moresby. The symposium was attended by judges and magistrates from provincial National and District Courts, who learned about the key aspects of dealing with cybercrime cases and electronic evidence. The symposium... Read More

The PNG Judiciary welcomes the President of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association, Dr. Peter Maynard KC, to Port Moresby on 3 to 9 February. Dr. Maynard will attend the 2024 legal year opening ceremony. Dr. Maynard is a senior partner of Peter D. Maynard Counsel and Attorneys, a full-service commercial firm in the Bahamas. He is also the former Vice President... Read More

The PNG Centre for Judicial Excellence conducted a webinar on 22 November 2023 on the topic of Human Rights in Papua New Guinea, focusing specifically on Gender Based Violence (GBV) in PNG as violation of Human Rights. The one-hour webinar was conducted by Justice Oagile Dingake, who is a Judge of the Supreme and National Courts of PNG. Judge Dingake... Read More

Justice John Carey delivered the last Ethics and Integrity workshop to fourteen National and Supreme Court staff on Friday 17 November at the PNGCJE training room.  The participants included staff from the NJSS Buildings and Facilities division, Finance division, Public Relations unit, National Court Registry, Court Reporting Services and the ADR Services.  In his presentation, Justice Carey shared a video on... Read More

Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, Honourable Chief Justice Debra Mortimer on her official visit to PNG for the Sir Buri Kidu Lecture Series toured the new Waigani National and Supreme Court Complex, the National Museum, the Parliament House, the Nature Park, Bomana War Cemetary and the Legal Training Institute. Read More