Department of Justice & Border Control
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) supervises and conducts civil litigation suits against the Government and its agencies in Nauru.
Virtually all civil litigation matters against the Government are channelled through the Office of the Solicitor General and is actively conducted by the Office.
The OSG also provides legal opinions to the Government and its agencies in various fields of practice such as constitutional, family, administrative, property, corporations, international law, criminal law and other fields of legal practice. While the pandemic remained a dominant feature of our operating environment over the past year, the OSG continues to deliver timely policy and legal services to support Nauru’s justice framework.
The Secretary for Justice, Mr. Jay Udit and the Solicitor General, Ms. Bhavna Narayan, successfully defended the Electoral Commission in the Court of Disputed Returns matter of Election Petition No. 1 of 2022 of Vyko Adeang & Ors v Aliklik & Ors. The election petition was incompetent and struck out and the petitioners were ordered to pay respondents costs to be taxed if not agreed.