Anthony Harold Cumberland Thomas Gates was the chief justice of Fiji from 2008 to 2019.
18 Facts About Anthony Gates
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Anthony Gates's decision was upheld by Fiji's Court of Appeal, in February 2001.
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Anthony Gates was born in the United Kingdom and is a graduate of Cambridge University.
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Anthony Gates went to Sierra Leone as a volunteer teacher with VSO as well as Sri Lanka where he taught English at Royal College Colombo, and to this day he retains a house in Sri Lanka.
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Anthony Gates took an appointment at the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Fiji in 1977.
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Anthony Gates became the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions in 1981 and a Magistrate in 1985.
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Anthony Gates was dismissed as a Magistrate in 1985 when he refused to renew his oath of allegiance to coup leader Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka, the new self-appointed Head of State.
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Anthony Gates left Fiji to work for the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions in Brisbane, and returned to Fiji in November 1993 to work for Sidiq Koya.
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Anthony Gates was appointed to the High Court of Fiji in 1999.
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On 17 January 2007,14 days after the removal of the Chief Justice by the military during the 2006 Fijian coup d'etat, the President of Fiji, Ratu Josefa Iloilo appointed Justice Anthony Gates Acting Chief Justice.
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Chief Justice Fatiaki made public statements attacking Justice Anthony Gates for taking the position.
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Resident Judge of Court of Appeal Justice William Marshall alleged in his petition that Anthony Gates had been briefing Fiji's prime minister Frank Bainimarama and this prompted the expulsion of envoys from Australia and New Zealand from Fiji.
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Anthony Gates acted as temporary president of Fiji between late September and early October 2010 during the absence of Ratu Epeli Nailatikau.
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Justice Anthony Gates came out very strongly accusing Australia and New Zealand of interfering in the Fijian judiciary.
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Anthony Gates accused both countries of counseling the Sri Lankan Judges against working in Fiji.
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Chief Justice Anthony Gates believes that if the Western Division is to develop economically, financially and in its institutions and services, the justice system within the division must be able to respond to society's needs.
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Chief Justice Anthony Gates was part of the Fiji delegation to speak at UPR in Geneva.
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Anthony Gates highlighted the effects of the travel ban imposed on judges.