Drug accused Zoe Maharaj has filed a fresh bail application in the Magistrates Court today.

Charles Laxton Sundar has been denied bail by the Suva High Court this morning and has been further remanded in custody.

Proceedings against a well-known offender, Jone Vakarisi, were formally closed today in the Suva High Court.

The Suva Magistrate Court has ordered the Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption to disclose the complaint letter to former Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad’s counsel within the next three days.

Parties in a High Court case involving the Judicial Services Commission and the State have reached a settlement in principle. They are now focused on finalising the form of the court orders.

The Suva High Court has heard detailed testimony about how advice was prepared and submitted to the Prime Minister’s Office in relation to a disputed Ministry of Health tender waiver in 2011.

Graphic evidence was presented in the Suva High Court as the State closed its case in a murder trial involving Apisai Madigibuli.

Former Deputy Secretary of Public Health Dr Josefa Koroivueta testified that concerns were raised of unethical bias regarding medical equipment procurements in 2011.

A juvenile and two men are among 12 people charged with serious sexual offences in Fiji last month, according to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The State has informed the High Court of a possible delay to the re-trial of Fiji-Canadian national Joshua Aziz Rahman, pending a decision by the Supreme Court.

The bail hearing for seven police officers charged in relation to the death of Richard Mock will be heard this Friday, after the prosecution sought additional time to file disclosures.

The High Court has been told that a Commission of Inquiry extension was legally ineffective.