RegulatorCJ Reserve Ruling On Regulator vs Digicel

Written by Pio Sioa
Tuesday, 09 October 2007
Cap: DEFENDANTS : Regulator John Morgan with legal counsel from Australia, QC Peter Almond, during a court break on Friday. The Chief Justice, Patu Falefatu Sapolu, has reserved his decision on the appeal by the cell phone company Digicel against the Office of the Regulator as the first respondent and its rival SamoaTEL as second respondent. Digicel alleges in its appeal that the Office of the Regulator breached the law of natural justice when it failed to provide confidential information about the rates its rival was charging for cell phone usage. Both sides brought in high power QC lawyers from Australia to argue the case in court. SamoaTEL was represented by former Attorney General Ms. Brenda Heather-Latu. Hearing on the case started in August and later adjourned to last week. The Chief Justice heard final submissions from legal counsels from last Thursday , and continuing on to past 6.00pm in the evening of Friday. The ruling on the appeal could either see new rates introduced for the two cell phone companies to operate on, or retain the current charges approved by the Office of the Regulator. Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Name Email Title Comment

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