Partner: Jon Apted

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Jon gained an LLB from the University of Auckland, New Zealand in 1986, an MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Boston, Massachusetts in 1989 and an LLM from Harvard Law School in 1995. He was admitted to the New Zealand and Fiji High Courts in 1986.

Before joining Munro Leys in 2000, Jon had a long and varied career in Government legal service. He has held office as Fiji's Permanent (Industrial) Arbitrator and as the Sugar Industry Tribunal. He was one of the two legal counsel to the Fiji Constitution Review Commission chaired by Sir Paul Reeves (1995-1996) and was also the chief electoral officer responsible for the supervision of Fiji's 1992 and 1994 Parliamentary elections.

Jon has been a solicitor, litigator and legislative drafter in the Attorney-General's Chambers and has appeared as an advocate in important constitutional and administrative law cases. He has advised on a number of legislative measures in the commercial, corporate, securities, intellectual property, employment and human rights areas. He was a member of the first board of the Capital Markets Development Authority.

At Munro Leys, Jon advises and litigates in the areas of constitutional, employment, administrative, general commercial and intellectual property law. He is increasingly busy as a private arbitrator.

Jon is an occasional presenter and commentator on public law issues in Fiji.