Patrick John Savage is a

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judge who served as Chief Justice of Niue from 2010 to 2018. Savage has previously served as a Crown Solicitor in the

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. In 1995 he was appointed as Judge of the

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. He has also served on the

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. He was sworn in as a Judge of the High Court of Niue on 10 September 2007. and as Chief Justice on 10 September 2010, replacing Heta Hingston. He was succeeded as Chief Justice of Niue on 22 November 2018 by Craig Coxhead.

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