LAWYER Gavin O’Driscoll has agreed to accept service on behalf of Feroz Gulam Mohammed in contempt of court proceedings initiated by the Attorney-General over alleged comments about Chief Justice Salesi Temo.
Mr O’Driscoll informed Justices Siainiu Fa’alogo Bull, Dane Tuiqereqere and Savenaca Banuve that he would accept service, resolving an issue that had delayed the proceedings.
The Attorney-General’s Office had sought two orders allowing service to be effected personally or, if unsuccessful, by courier.
However, the judges expressed concern that the issue of service had been dragging on for too long.
Mr O’Driscoll told the court that Mr Mohammed, who is overseas, had emailed the AGO indicating that documents could be served at his residential address in Nakasi or at his lawyer’s office.
The AGO informed the court that two attempts to serve Mr Mohammed at the Nakasi address had been unsuccessful.
Mr O’Driscoll subsequently confirmed that he would accept service on his client’s behalf, allowing the proceedings to move forward. The contempt proceedings relate to allegedly scandalous comments Mr Mohammed made about Chief Justice Temo in a video posted on Facebook earlier this year.
The matter was adjourned to November 10 for the first call of the Attorney-General’s notice of motion.
