Parliamentary Management Board - Reasons for Corrigendum

REASONS FOR CORRIGENDUM

1. On 13 February 2026, we allowed the appeal in this matter only to the limited extent of correcting an arithmetic calculation made by the primary Judge in the Judgment of 3 October 2025.

2. On 16 February 2026, counsel for the respondent, Mr Hurley sought correction of typographical errors in the Judgment. We accept there are two typographical errors in the Judgment.

3. The result set out at paragraph 14 of the Judgment is correct.

4. Once a judgment is drawn up and sealed, it cannot be amended except under what is called “the slip rule”. That rule permits an accidental slip or omission in a judgment or order, such as slight oversight or typographical errors, to be corrected: Tarinu v Kalsong [2025] VUCA 20.

5. The two typographical errors at paragraphs 10 and 14 of the Judgment are now corrected by the issuing of a Corrigendum. The sum of “VT30,000” is deleted and substituted with the sum of “VT3,000” (paragraph 10 of the Judgment). The sum of “VT31,548,040” is deleted and substituted with “VT31,575,040” (paragraphs 10 and 14 of the Judgment).

6. The Judgment is reissued with those amendments only.

DATED at Port Vila, this 18th day of February 2026.

BY THE COURT

Hon. Chief Justice Vincent Lunabek