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Judicial Commission Of New South Wales
The Judicial Commission of New South Wales is an independent statutory corporation of the New South Wales Government that provides sentencing information and continuing education to and examines complaints made against judicial officers in New South Wales, Australia. The commission is headed by the Chief Justice of New South Wales, presently Tom Bathurst, and consists of the heads of each of the major courts in New South Wales plus community representatives. Its powers are enshrined in the ''Judicial Officers Act 1986'',. and the Commission reports to the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, presently Hon.Gabrielle Upton MP. While the commission was originally the only body of its type in Australia, similar commissions have now been established in South Australia and Victoria. Similar bodies are also in existence in Canada, India and the United States. (1999) 22 University of New South Wales Law Journal 325. The work of the commission is split into two distinct areas. The f ...
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New South Wales
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Jeffery Hart Bent
Jeffery Hart Bent, occasionally known as Geoffrey Hart Bent (1781 – 29 June 1852) was the first judge in the colony of New South Wales and the first Australian judge to be removed from office. Early life Bent was the son of the merchant, ship owner, and MP Robert Bent, of West Molesey, Surrey, and of Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, and elder brother of Ellis Bent. He was educated at Mr Barnes's school, Manchester, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1804, and M.A. in 1807. He was called to the bar of the Middle Temple in 1806. New South Wales He was appointed judge of the Supreme Court of Civil Judicature of New South Wales, arriving at Sydney on 28 July 1814. He refused to disembark until acknowledged with a formal salute. He had been only a few weeks in the colony before he was appealing to Earl Bathurst against a decision of Governor Macquarie to fit up one of the wings of the hospital as a temporary court house. There was much delay in holding the ...
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Local Court Of New South Wales
The Local Court of New South Wales is the lowest court in the judicial hierarchy of the Australian state of New South Wales. Formerly known as the Court of Petty Sessions and the Magistrates Court, there are more than 160 branches across New South Wales where the Local Court has jurisdiction to deal with the majority of minor civil and criminal matters. Matters are heard before a single magistrate sitting without a jury, addressed as "Your Honour" or "Sir" (but no longer "Your worship"). The Local Court has no jurisdiction for claims in equity. On appeal, matters may be heard by the District Court of New South Wales including appeals against the sentence or conviction decided in the Local Court. The Chief Magistrate of the Local Court is Judge Peter Johnstone, former President of the NSW Children's Court, who was appointed in September 2021. Judge Johnstone succeeded Judge Graeme Henson, appointed in 2006. History In 1788, following the landing of the First Fleet and establis ...
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Court Of Petty Sessions (New South Wales)
The Magistrates Court of South Australia is the lowest level court in South Australia. The Magistrates Court, then known as the Court of Petty Sessions, was established in 1837, by the Court of Sessions Act 1837'' It has both original and appellate jurisdiction and hears matters specified in th''Magistrates Court Act 1991'' (SA) The Magistrates Court has both a criminal and civil jurisdiction. In its criminal jurisdiction, the Magistrates Court deals witsummary offencesanminor indictable offences The court has the power to impose a fine, imprisonment of up to five years for one offence, an intensive correction order (which may include community service) or a good behaviour bond. In its civil jurisdiction, it hears matters involving up to $100,000 for general claims, unless this requirement is waived by the parties to the proceeding. The Chief Magistrate, Her HonouJudge Mary-Louise Hribal is the leading judicial officer of the Court.Courts Administration Authority of South Au ...
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High Court Of Australia
The High Court of Australia is Australia's apex court. It exercises Original jurisdiction, original and appellate jurisdiction on matters specified within Constitution of Australia, Australia's Constitution. The High Court was established following passage of the ''Judiciary Act 1903''. It derives its authority from Chapter III of the Australian Constitution, which vests it responsibility for the judiciary, judicial power of the Commonwealth. Important legal instruments pertaining to the High Court include the ''Judiciary Act 1903'' and the ''High Court of Australia Act 1979''.. Its bench is composed of seven justices, including a Chief Justice of Australia, Chief Justice, currently Susan Kiefel. Justices of the High Court are appointed by the Governor-General of Australia, Governor-General on the Advice (constitutional law), advice of the Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister and are appointed permanently until their mandatory retirement at age 70, unless they retire ea ...
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Commonwealth Law Reports
The Commonwealth Law Reports (CLR) () are the authorised reports of decisions of the High Court of Australia. The Commonwealth Law Reports are published by the Lawbook Company, a division of Thomson Reuters. James Merralls AM QC was the editor of the Reports from 1969 until his death in 2016. The current editors are Christopher Horan KC and Paul Vout KC. Each reported judgment includes a headnote written by an expert reporter (by convention, a practising barrister) which, as an authorised report, has been approved by the High Court. The current reporters are as follows: * Roshan Chaile * Ella Delany * Bora Kaplan * Rudi Kruse * James McComish * William Newland * Alistair Pound SC * Daniel Reynolds * Alexander Solomon-Bridge * Julia Wang * Michael Wells * Jillian Williams * Radhika Withana The headnotes include a summary of counsel's legal arguments. The Reports also include tables of cases reported, affirmed, reversed, overruled, applied or judicially commented on and cited ...
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Attorney General (NSW) V Quin
''Attorney General (NSW) v Quin'', is a landmark Australian judgment of the High Court. The matter related to Australian administrative law and to an extent the separation of powers. Background The NSW Courts of Petty Sessions were abolished and replaced by Local Courts. 95 of the former magistrates were appointed to the new Local Courts, however six were not due to concerns about their fitness to be magistrates. Five of the magistrates, commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court of NSW seeking an order that they be appointed magistrates. They were unsuccessful at first,''Macrae v Attorney-General (NSW)'' (1985) 7 ALD 97. however the NSW Court of Appeal held that the decision of the Attorney-General not to recommend their appointment as Magistrates was void because it was made in such a way as to deny the applicants' legitimate expectations of procedural fairness. The Attorney-General's application for special leave to appeal was refused.''Quin v Attorney General (NSW)'' (198 ...
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Attorney-General (NSW) V Quin
''Attorney General (NSW) v Quin'', is a landmark Australian judgment of the High Court. The matter related to Australian administrative law and to an extent the separation of powers. Background The NSW Courts of Petty Sessions were abolished and replaced by Local Courts. 95 of the former magistrates were appointed to the new Local Courts, however six were not due to concerns about their fitness to be magistrates. Five of the magistrates, commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court of NSW seeking an order that they be appointed magistrates. They were unsuccessful at first,''Macrae v Attorney-General (NSW)'' (1985) 7 ALD 97. however the NSW Court of Appeal held that the decision of the Attorney-General not to recommend their appointment as Magistrates was void because it was made in such a way as to deny the applicants' legitimate expectations of procedural fairness. The Attorney-General's application for special leave to appeal was refused.''Quin v Attorney General (NSW)'' (198 ...
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Anthony Mason (judge)
Sir Anthony Frank Mason HonFAIB DistFRSN (born 21 April 1925) is an Australian judge who served as the ninth Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1987 to 1995. He was first appointed to the High Court of Australia, High Court in 1972, having previously served on the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Education Raised in Sydney, Mason was a student at Sydney Grammar School. During World War II, he served in the Royal Australian Air Force, holding the rank of Flying Officer. After the war, Mason studied at the University of Sydney, graduating with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws. Mason articled clerk, articled at Clayton Utz, where he met his wife, Patricia. Legal career Mason was admitted to the New South Wales Bar. For five years he lectured in law at the University of Sydney, his students including three future High Court Justices, Mary Gaudron, William Gummow and Dyson Heydon. In November 1964, aged 39, Mason was announced as the new Solicitor-G ...
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Federal Law Review
The ''Federal Law Review'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed law review A law review or law journal is a scholarly journal or publication that focuses on legal issues. A law review is a type of legal periodical. Law reviews are a source of research, imbedded with analyzed and referenced legal topics; they also pro ... established in 1964. It is published by the ANU College of Law. It is an A* ranked law review according to the Australian Business Deans Council and Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2010 law journal rankings. It is one of Australia's leading law journals.Russell Smyth, 'Who Publishes in Australia’s Top Law Journals?' 35(1) ''University of New South Wales Law Journal'' 201, 210 The Federal Law Review's General Editor is Dr Stephen Thomson. References External links * Australian law journals Quarterly journals English-language journals Publications established in 1964 {{law-journal-stub ...
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Jonah Barrington (judge)
Sir Jonah Barrington, K.C. (1756/57 – 8 April 1834), was an Irish lawyer, judge and politician. Jonah Barrington is most notable for his amusing and popular memoirs of life in late 18th-century Ireland; for his opposition to the Act of Union in 1800; and for his removal from the judiciary by both Houses of Parliament in 1830, still a unique event. Barrington family Barrington was the third son, one of thirteenW. N. Osborough, ‘Barrington, Sir Jonah (1756/7–1834)’ ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 or sixteen children; six at least, and probably seven, were sons; of John Barrington, an impoverished Protestant gentleman landowner in County Laois and his wife Sibella French of Peterswell, Co. Galway. He was raised and schooled by his grandparents in Dublin and entered Trinity College Dublin in 1773, aged 16 but he left Trinity College without a degree. He joined the Irish Volunteers and supported the Irish Patriots in the ea ...
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Algernon Sidney Montagu
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