PNG Supreme Court

From a reservist soldier to a judge

Seeing the faces of children glaring with anticipation as they saw for the first time a helicopter landing on their island in Kokopo, East New Britain Province, many suggested it was something new coming down from the sky. This was the first impression Justice Wood held of Papua New Guinea and keeps this close to his heart. 

Little did he know that he would come back to serve as a National and Supreme Court Judge in Papua New Guinea.

Court to rule on stay application by non-genuine refugees

These men are asking the court to put a stay against their deportation following notices that were issued to them last month.

The application seeking interim orders was moved in court before a three-man Supreme Court bench on Thursday this week.   

The 166 men were processed and found to be non-genuine refugees.

They are asking the high court to stop their deportation pending the substantive case which they filed seeking compensation for their illegal detention since 2013 based on the April 26, 2016 Supreme Court decision in the Namah case.