Politics of Niue - Judicial Branch

Judicial Branch

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sitting in the United Kingdom is Niue's highest court. On the island, there is a Court of Appeal (which sat in New Zealand until 2009), and the High Court of Niue. The chief justice is Patrick Savage.

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