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Scoop
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Scoop
David Lambourne Saga In Kiribati Heading Back To Court
Article – RNZ A years' long legal wrangle in Kiribati that is keeping the Australian judge separated from his family remains unresolved. Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific Senior Journalist A years' long legal wrangle in Kiribati that is keeping a judge separated from his family remains unresolved. Australian expatriate David Lambourne was a High Court judge in Kiribati but was suspended by the government in 2022. The government of Taneti Maamau claimed Lambourne had deliberately withheld judgement in a case it had brought. They also claim he was motivated, at least partly, because his wife, Tessie Lambourne, had just become the leader of the opposition in Kiribati. Lambourne has been living in Australia, separated from his family, for the past year, after leaving knowing the government was about to deport him. Four years of legal to-and-fro have also seen the departure of a number of eminent New Zealand judges from Kiribati. They included Chief Justice Bill Hastings, who lasted less than a year in the post before he was suspended for ruling in Lambourne's favour. Three Court of Appeal judges – Sir Peter Blanchard, Rodney Hansen, and Paul Heath – who had upheld Chief Justice Hastings' ruling, were also suspended. They were collectively accused of misdemeanours and a Tribunal was set up to investigate three years ago but no report has ever been tabled in parliament. Lambourne was formally removed from his puisne judge post in April 2024, after being suspended two years earlier. His salary has been withheld since. He finally got another Court of Appeal hearing last December, and its judgement, released just this week, allows him to seek further redress in the High Court. The appeal judges upheld that the government's establishment of a Tribunal, which had recommended his suspension, was valid. However, it also allowed Lambourne's appeal against the Tribunal Commissioner's refusal to grant leave to challenge the validity of its report, and has sent the matter back to the High Court, where the issue can be fully heard. The Court also dismissed the government's appeal against the Commissioner's finding that it had acted unlawfully by ordering that Lambourne's salary be withheld during the suspension period.
Scoop
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Scoop
David Lambourne Saga In Kiribati Heading Back To Court
A years' long legal wrangle in Kiribati that is keeping the Australian judge separated from his family remains unresolved. Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific Senior Journalist A years' long legal wrangle in Kiribati that is keeping a judge separated from his family remains unresolved. Australian expatriate David Lambourne was a High Court judge in Kiribati but was suspended by the government in 2022. The government of Taneti Maamau claimed Lambourne had deliberately withheld judgement in a case it had brought. They also claim he was motivated, at least partly, because his wife, Tessie Lambourne, had just become the leader of the opposition in Kiribati. Lambourne has been living in Australia, separated from his family, for the past year, after leaving knowing the government was about to deport him. Four years of legal to-and-fro have also seen the departure of a number of eminent New Zealand judges from Kiribati. They included Chief Justice Bill Hastings, who lasted less than a year in the post before he was suspended for ruling in Lambourne's favour. Three Court of Appeal judges – Sir Peter Blanchard, Rodney Hansen, and Paul Heath – who had upheld Chief Justice Hastings' ruling, were also suspended. They were collectively accused of misdemeanours and a Tribunal was set up to investigate three years ago but no report has ever been tabled in parliament. Lambourne was formally removed from his puisne judge post in April 2024, after being suspended two years earlier. His salary has been withheld since. He finally got another Court of Appeal hearing last December, and its judgement, released just this week, allows him to seek further redress in the High Court. The appeal judges upheld that the government's establishment of a Tribunal, which had recommended his suspension, was valid. However, it also allowed Lambourne's appeal against the Tribunal Commissioner's refusal to grant leave to challenge the validity of its report, and has sent the matter back to the High Court, where the issue can be fully heard. The Court also dismissed the government's appeal against the Commissioner's finding that it had acted unlawfully by ordering that Lambourne's salary be withheld during the suspension period.
Scoop
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Scoop
David Lambourne Saga In Kiribati Heading Back To Court
, RNZ Pacific Senior Journalist A years' long legal wrangle in Kiribati that is keeping a judge separated from his family remains unresolved. Australian expatriate David Lambourne was a High Court judge in Kiribati but was suspended by the government in 2022. The government of Taneti Maamau claimed Lambourne had deliberately withheld judgement in a case it had brought. They also claim he was motivated, at least partly, because his wife, Tessie Lambourne, had just become the leader of the opposition in Kiribati. Lambourne has been living in Australia, separated from his family, for the past year, after leaving knowing the government was about to deport him. Four years of legal to-and-fro have also seen the departure of a number of eminent New Zealand judges from Kiribati. They included Chief Justice Bill Hastings, who lasted less than a year in the post before he was suspended for ruling in Lambourne's favour. Three Court of Appeal judges - Sir Peter Blanchard, Rodney Hansen, and Paul Heath - who had upheld Chief Justice Hastings' ruling, were also suspended. They were collectively accused of misdemeanours and a Tribunal was set up to investigate three years ago but no report has ever been tabled in parliament. Lambourne was formally removed from his puisne judge post in April 2024, after being suspended two years earlier. His salary has been withheld since. He finally got another Court of Appeal hearing last December, and its judgement, released just this week, allows him to seek further redress in the High Court. The appeal judges upheld that the government's establishment of a Tribunal, which had recommended his suspension, was valid. However, it also allowed Lambourne's appeal against the Tribunal Commissioner's refusal to grant leave to challenge the validity of its report, and has sent the matter back to the High Court, where the issue can be fully heard. The Court also dismissed the government's appeal against the Commissioner's finding that it had acted unlawfully by ordering that Lambourne's salary be withheld during the suspension period.
Yahoo
23-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Newcastle Women 1 - 0 Sunderland: Record-breaking derby day sees late drama
IF the first professional derby between Newcastle Women and Sunderland in October was a rebirth for the women's game in the North East, today's spectacle at St James' Park was its coming of age. Crunching challenges, sendings off, late drama. Newcastle had arrived in professional women's game well and truly. This was perhaps their biggest day yet. A league record 38,502 took in the action as Shania Hayles kept bragging rights on Tyneside for the second time this season. Fan parks, full stands and pre-match entertainment gave a glimpse into what the ownership's ambitious future for the club might look like if they make it to the Women's Super League. A big, loud, community. And it rose to roar for derby-day super sub Hayles. (Image: The Northern Echo) Her strike with 12 minutes to play was the difference on the pitch, but the 38,000-strong crowd played their part too. Geordies were still filing into the stadium – such was the demand for tickets for this match – when the first big chance of the game fell to Beth Lumsden after being sent through by Demi Stokes. But an oncoming Demi Lambourne was equal to the effort. A frenetic opening 10 minutes gave way to a more settled rhythm as the first half progressed with the visitors from Wearside looking to break up the play and counter. Two Lumsden freekicks clattered the wall but the bite of the derby restricted chances with the game broken up by a handful of midfield fouls. In the 33rd minute a six-yard box scramble with strikes first from Rachel Furness, then from Amber Keegan-Stobbs forced Lambourne into some decent saves. With Newcastle growing in confidence, the resulting corner found its way to Stokes via a cross-shot from the right but her header looped over the far corner. Just before half-time Furness drove towards the box and hit one from 25 yards but Lambourne comfortably held it. Something new for half-time entertainment – unseen for seven decades – as the Carabao Cup made its homecoming. To St James' Park. Darren Eales and club legend Bob Moncur showing off the trophy to the crowds in a display of synergy between the Toon's two senior sides. As fans patiently await the 'parade' next weekend, it is slowly sinking in for many that this is a club with a major honour. The second half started slower than the first, with Newcastle attacking the Gallowgate in a bid to break the deadlock. Both sides traded long-distance strikes over the bar in the opening 20 minutes with Newcastle still controlling possession and Sunderland looking to break things up. The Black Cats will have been the happier side at half-time, but they needed to fashion chances to match their resilience. In the 68th minute, Lumsden broke down the left and cut the ball back looking to find Emily Murphy. Lambourne spilled the pass but was able to reclaim – to the relief of travelling fans and the frustration of the tens of thousands of Geordies. The introduction of Hayles with 20 minutes to play livened up a forward line that had began to tire and Newcastle – who were attacking down the hill – were more strident in their forward play. And then St James' erupted. Murphy drove on the break and Hayles peeled off her marker to the right side of the box. A well-timed ball found the Jamaican forward who cut onto her left and hammered the ball into the near post leaving Lambourne stranded. It was typical of Murphy's selflessness – she was everywhere over the course of the match, pressing, tracking back, making space. A victory for Newcastle felt inevitable. A mood shift on Tyneside accompanied by the League Cup's arrival has permeated all levels of the club. This is a club hell-bent on winning. Perhaps too much as head coach Becky Langley was shown a red card for holding onto the ball in stoppage time. But this was always going to be Newcastle's day. Middlesbrough FC score victory with council for training ground plans North East cancer survivor celebrates Wembley win with charity that saved him 'Absolute joke': Newcastle fans are fuming at club's victory 'parade' plans As the clock ran out and nearly 40,000 rose to their feet, Newcastle had won their second Tyne-Wear derby of the league campaign and while they won't go up this season, it is a standard the club will be looking to meet time and time again. Newcastle United: Moan, Stokes, Keegan-Stobbs, Gregory, Cooper, Furness, McQuade, Wardlaw, Lumsden, Murphy, Cataldo Sunderland: Lambourne, Brown, Goddard, Westrup, Stapleton, Corbyn, Fenton, Flannery, Kitching, Scarr, Watson
BBC News
20-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Bristol officer honoured for removing barriers to sport
A police officer from Bristol, who became disabled after surviving a hit-and-run, has been recognised for improving accessibility at a bowls Lambourne, who works for Avon and Somerset Police, was the victim of a motorbike accident while driving home from duty, in November left him with several injuries and he has had a total of 19 operations so Lambourne went on to join the Olveston and District Bowls Club, north of Bristol, where he has helped to install new accessibility aids. Mr Lambourne, who also used to coach sports, told the BBC's Extra Time programme that his life "changed completely" after the was previously right-handed and has had to adapt by learning to use his left hand, due to the resulting said it was an occupational therapist who suggested he tried bowls, which he admitted he thought was for "old people"."It was something I'd never thought of," he said."I used to play cricket, rugby, football and volleyball, but after losing all of my sports to my injuries, I went to bowls."As soon as I got on the green and started playing, I fell in love with it." Mr Lambourne became a member of the Bristol Arrow Bowling Club and did a coaching course there, before joining Olveston and District Bowls joining over a decade ago, he has helped secure more than £5,500 in grants to improve accessibility and inclusivity at the Gloucestershire he has taken on a leading role introducing a range of accessibility aids, including arm extensions, a bowls wheelchair and a special ramp to help members with mobility issues get onto the green. 'It keeps me going' Mr Lambourne has also been trying to bring more young people to the club."The perspective that bowls is an old sport is so far from the truth," he said."It's not something youngsters come across very often, so getting them involved is hard work."But this year we have five young members joining the beginners course, and hopefully they'll then tell their friends. "It looks like we're going in the right direction." Bowls England Awards, which celebrate individuals and teams within the bowls community, recognised Mr Lambourne with a Diversity & Inclusion awards event took place on the 22 about the difference playing bowls has made since his accident 27 years ago, he said without it his life would not have been the same."If it wasn't for bowls, I don't know where I would be," he said."It has certainly helped the social side and being able to be competitive again, as sports kept me going mentally and physically."
