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11 November 2022

Occupation right: an analysis

Thursday 12 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

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Occupation right: an analysis
In 1903 Lieutenant Colonel Walter Edward Gudgeon was appointed British Resident in the Cook Islands in 1898. In 1903 he wrote to an old military comrade, describing himself as “the absolute Governor of some 17 islands, Chief Judge of the High Court, ditto Land Court, Surveyor General, Treasurer, & Civil Engineer to the Group.” 15111125

Dear Editor, Given that occupation right has become the “topic de jour,” you may be interested in this simplified and edited version of an analysis of a law that I wrote in relation to the new interpretation of Right of Occupation.

Dear Editor, Given that occupation right has become the “topic de jour,” you may be interested in this simplified and edited version of an analysis of a law that I wrote in relation to the new interpretation of Right of Occupation.


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