Lesatele Rapi Vaai

Lesatele Rapi Vaai is a Samoan judge. He served on the Supreme Court of Samoa until 2017, and again from 2020.

Vaai is a former president of the Samoa law Society.[1] He was appointed to the District Court of Samoa in 1996.[2] He later served as President of the Land and Titles Court of Samoa.[3] He was later appointed to the Supreme Court of Samoa.

He retired from the Court in February 2017 to take up a judicial position in Nauru.[4] Following his retirement he was appointed to chair a Commission of Inquiry into the actions of three police officers accused of misconduct and evidence tampering.[5] In November 2020 he was reappointed to the Supreme Court as a temporary judge for a term of one year to help deal with election-related cases.[6][7]

References
  1. "Saga of the sacked Auditor-General". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. 65, no. 11. 1 November 1995. p. 12. Retrieved 20 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Ministry of Justice bid farewell to Justice Lesatele Rapi Vaai" (PDF). Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2017.
  3. "RELIGION IN SAMOA IS FREE, COURT RULES IN OVERTURNING BANISHMENT". Pacific Islands Report. 26 August 2002. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong (5 November 2020). "Justice Vaai returns to local bench". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  5. "A retired Samoa judge is to lead police inquiry". RNZ. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  6. Maina Vai (6 November 2020). "Supreme Court of Samoa Recalls Lesatele Rapi Vaai". Samoa Global News. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  7. "Retired judge to preside over Samoa election eligibility cases". RNZ. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2021.


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