Justice Kamal Kumar sworn in as the new Chief Justice

High Court Judge, Justice Kamal Kumar has been sworn in as the new Chief Justice.

Chief Justice Kumar was acting in the post for 2 years and 3 months and has served for Fiji’s High Court since 2013.

He acquired his Bachelor of Law from the Queensland University of Technology, Australia in 1999 and was admitted as a barrister to the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Queensland.

From 2000 to May 2013, he was a lawyer at Young & Associates, Solicitors, Lautoka and was sworn in as a judge in the High Court of Fiji (Civil Division), a post he retained from May 2013 to 7 April 2019.

In September 2018, he was appointed as Chairperson for the Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission.

His appointment as Chairperson for the Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission has been extended for another 3 years from January 2021 until 2024.