judges-from-australia

"New South Wales Bar Association. APPOINTMENTS Retrieved 3 November 2017."

"AAP Megan Latham quits over ICAC shake-up Nov 23, 2016"

"Ms Latham, whose term was due to end in 2019, was given no guarantee she would be appointed as one of three new commissioners set to take over the Independent Commission Against Corruption under the Baird government's plans to radically overhaul the agency."

"Despite claims Ms Latham was effectively being forced out of the top job as payback for her investigation into the Liberal Party donations scandal, the changes were swiftly passed through parliament last week."

""We respect her decision not to apply for one of the three new commissioner positions," he said in a statement."

"Tendering her resignation on Wednesday, Ms Latham said she was grateful for the opportunity to have worked at ICAC."

"“To be a good judge, you need to have a good IQ and EQ [emotional intelligence] and you need to understand people from many different walks of life,”"

"“[Public education] gave me a broader exposure to people and that, I hope, makes me a better judge.”"

"“I had some truly great teachers [at Liverpool Girls] in Maths, English and Ancient History,”"

"“I was always interested in law. I remember studying The Merchant of Venice and [the play’s hero] Portia was a great role model,”"

"As for her talk to Liverpool students, Ms Loukas-Karlsson said she “took them through her legal career” then gave them five pieces of life advice."

"“A society that has a narrow cohort of people who are making decisions may lead to narrow decision-making,”"

"Her Honour held part time positions as Acting District Court Judge in 1996 and as a Judicial Member of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal between 1997 and 2003. From 2003 to 2006, her Honour was counsel before the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague."

". Additionally, in 2015 her Honour was appointed a Director of the Law Council of Australia. Her Honour was also a Member of the International Bar Association’s Criminal Law Committee Taskforce on Extra Territorial Jurisdiction in 2007."

"ACT Supreme Court. Justice Loukas-Karlsson Retrieved 23 February 2022."

"In 2010, her Honour became a managing partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group of Clayton Utz. Mr Clark noted that in this role, her Honour:"

"Her Honour was a partner in Clayton Utz, having joined the f irm 27 years ago as a summer clerk. At the age of 32, her Honour became one of the youngest partners in the firm. Her Honour quickly developed a busy practice in Corporations Law matters."

"One of the barristers her Honour worked with as a solicitor at Clayton Utz was Michael Slattery QC, now Justice Slattery of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Mr Stuart Clark, president-elect of the Law Council of Australia, observed that a note from her Honour’s personnel file at Clayton Utz records Justice Slattery as describing her Honour as ‘brilliant’ and ‘always in control’."

"Her Honour has a rich life outside of the law, enjoying theatre, classical music and the visual arts."

"Mr Moses also acknowledged her Honour’s involvement on the bar’s equitable briefing working party, which recently completed its report reviewing the application in NSW of the Law Council of Australia’s equitable briefing policy."

"These war crime trials are to let the world know these crimes won't be tolerated by the international community, that crimes against humanity by any nation or individual will be dealt with."

"It's always disturbing to be confronted with inhumanity and depravity. I find it very hard to accept that thinking, feeling human beings can direct killing. Ordinary family men engage in mass rape. They must dehumanise their victims. They don't see them as human beings. The accused could be your next-door neighbour, they look so ordinary these commanders."

"I did the first murder trial in which the evidence of battered-woman syndrome was admitted in Victoria. But I have a constant awareness that cases have, at heart, personal human tragedies affecting many more people than the accused."

"Australia is not really on the map for many people overseas, but we were shocked and disappointed recently when we had so many people approach us and comment on our poor policy towards refugees."

"She is not only well qualified, she is a leader."

"Catherine Holmes has become Queensland's first female Chief Justice, rising to lead a judiciary which hopes to rebuild after a period of unprecedented bad blood."

"Justice Jagot is an eminent jurist and brings tremendous experience, and was nominated by very, very many people that I consulted with."

"The government is very proud of the appointment that we are making today… and I am certain that she is going to serve with distinction."

"Jagot will be the seventh woman appointed to the court, replacing Patrick Keane once he reaches mandatory retirement age."

"In a statement, Dreyfus and the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, described Jagot as an 'outstanding lawyer and an eminent judge,' congratulating her on a 'well-deserved appointment.'"

"In her four years at the bar, Justice Jagot maintained an enviable practice, acting on behalf of a number of Commonwealth and state departments and authorities in her various areas of expertise, and she quickly secured a reputation as the Land and Environment Court’s leading junior."

"The Solicitor General, Stephen Gageler SC, said at her Federal Court swearing-in that during her time on the Land and Environment Court, Justice Jagot developed 'a reputation as a judge who has an ideal judicial demeanour, is clear-thinking and practical, and listens carefully and politely to arguments put forward.'"

"The coroner's position is an important one because it provides leadership to coroners and assistant coroners to over 100 locations throughout New South Wales. It provides many recommendations to help prevent future tragedies. I'm confident Mary Jerram will fulfil the role of State Coroner admirably."

"She became a magistrate in 1994, then made a farm change a few years later, moving to New Zealand to farm sheep and cattle."

"Mary was drawn back to her legal work, returning as a magistrate and then the first woman to be appointed State Coroner in NSW."

"Mary Jerram retired in 2013 and in 2018 she was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) 'For significant service to the law in New South Wales as State Coroner, and as a role model for women in the legal profession.'"

"There is still, in some quarters, a view that the use of physical violence to 'discipline' wives [and others who have done the 'wrong' thing] is justified and is lawful under customary law,"

"Melissa Mackay NT Supreme Court Justice Judith Kelly criticises anti-racism 'ideology' sentiment in speech on domestic violence in Aboriginal communities Retrieved 2 Sepmber 2022"

"[Anti-racism] is beginning to assume the dimensions of a religion or a cult under the influence of which people and institutions are casually and inaccurately labelled as "racist" without any evidentiary basis for the charge,"

"Most folk would almost rather be branded a paedophile than a racist,"

"…a cowardly and vicious attack on a defenceless woman who should have been able to look to you for protection. You have offered no explanation at all for attacking her, other than that your counsel says you were very drunk at the time. You have a lengthy criminal history, including a conviction for manslaughter in March 1993 for the unlawful killing of your brother and a conviction for unlawfully causing grievous harm in 2005, when you stabbed your then de facto wife. Both of these crimes were committed when you were intoxicated."

"Bob Gosford Bob Gosford Stopping the Violence…and the traffic in Alice Springs Retrieved 3 September 2010"

"The Facebooks people create for me, I've had removed as well. I'm not a celebrity, just a judge."

"Roberta Williams has done nothing except be married to a criminal. Mick Gatto has become a celebrity for killing someone and being acquitted on the grounds of self-defence."

"Justice King banned the show from airing in Victoria in 2008 because it could prejudice the trial of a man charged with killing an underworld figure."

"Justice King also told the Young Lawyers Journal she was opposed to judges being celebrities and had a Wikipedia posting in her name taken down."

"I am particularly privileged to have observed first-hand the skill and dedication of the commission's staff who deserve great credit for the exposure of corruption in this state,"

"“It is an honour to have been asked to chair this dynamic board, comprising of experts in the diverse fields of film and series production, game development, post-production, studios, education, finance and law.”"

"She became a barrister in 1987 and was subsequently the inaugural President of the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal, as well as a Hearing Commissioner of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission."

"“Ms Atkinson’s years of demonstrated leadership, interest in the state’s creative sector and commitment to diversity action makes her exceptionally qualified to helm the Board of Screen Queensland,”"