New Chief Justice

Arrives in Suva Sir Claude Seton

THE new Chief Justice of Fiji, Sir Claude Seton, arrived in Suva, with Lady Seton in July. He succeeds Sir Owen Corrie, who left the Colony in June.

Sir Claude comes straight from Nyasa land where he was also Chief Justice.

He was born in 1888, and educated at Framlingham College and University Col lege, London; he was called to the bar at Grey’s, and served with distinction in World War I, in which he was wounded, received the MC, and was twice mentioned in despatches.

He was president of the District Courts in Palestine, 1920-26, and from 1931-35, and Judicial Adviser, Trans-Jordan from 1926-31. From 1935 to 1941, when he went to Nyasaland, he was Puisne Judge, Jamaica.

He received his knighthood in the 1944 Birthday Honours.