Janine Pritchard is a justice with the

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. She is an alumnus of both

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and the

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Controversy

In 2013, Justice Pritchard dismissed a West Australian

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compensation claim."WA Supreme Court in an unbelievable decision dismisses Stolen Generations compensation claim"
Sovereign Union - First Nations Asserting Sovereignty. ''The Stringer''. 29 December 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2019 This was after the official apology on 13 February 2008 by the then Prime Minister

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to Australia's Indigenous people's on behalf of the

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, when he said: It was also after Australia had legislated in 2002 to make genocide a crime in Australia under the

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which includes the definition "forcibly transferring children of the group to another group". Justice Pritchard said in her 410-page judgement dismissing the case, while she felt for the family, its case was not established:"WA Supreme Court dismisses Stolen Generation compensation claim launched by Collard family"
ABC News. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2019

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pritchard, Janine Judges of the Supreme Court of Western Australia Living people Australian women judges Year of birth missing (living people)