Anthony Gates

Anthony Harold Cumberland Thomas Gates was the chief justice of Fiji from 2008 to 2019.

Gates is best known for his decision in ''Chandrika Prasad v. Att-Gen of Fiji'' [2000] 2 FLR 89; ''Prasad v. Republic of Fiji & Another'' [2001] 1 LRC 665; [2001] NZAR 21 in which he held that the Constitution of Fiji had not been abrogated by the military intervention in 2000, and that the Constitution continued to be the law of the land. His decision was upheld by Fiji’s Court of Appeal, in February 2001. However, the decision which should have led to the restoration of the Parliament suspended by the coup of 2000 was not obeyed by the government at that time, the Government instead choosing to call for a vote in 2001.

Gates is also well known for his decisions that enforced civil rights for prison inmates (''Noa Yasa & Anor v State'' HAM063A.05S [2005] paclii) and for the treason-related hearings of people alleged to have been involved in the political events in Fiji of 2000. Provided by Wikipedia