John Leonard Clifton Wickham (5 June 1919 - 24 September 2018) was a judge of the

Supreme Court of Western Australia The Supreme Court of Western Australia is the highest state court in the Australian State of Western Australia. It has unlimited jurisdiction within the state in civil matters (although it usually only hears matters involving sums of A$750,00 ...

. He was born near

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. He was schooled as a boarder at Guildford Grammar School, a classmate of

Francis Burt Sir Francis Theodore Page Burt (14 June 1918 – 8 September 2004) was an Australian jurist who served as the 11th Chief Justice of Western Australia, from 1977 to 1988, and the 27th Governor of Western Australia, from 1990 to 1993. Burt wa ...

, before studying law at the

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. After graduating from university he was admitted to practise as a solicitor in 1942. He joined the Perth law firm Joseph Muir and Williams, where he was joined by Burt. Together with Burt, he went on to help found the Independent Bar of Western Australia before being appointed as

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in 1967. Wickham was not long after appointed as a judge of the

, where he served from 1969 to 1983. While a judge of the Supreme Court he was also appointed as the foundation chancellor of

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. A year after retiring from the Supreme Court he was appointed as a commissioner assisting the Senate inquiry into the conduct of High Court Justice Lionel Murphy.The Hon Justice Roslyn Atkinson "The Chief Justice and Mr Justice Murphy: Leadership in a Time of Crisis"
/ref> He was later appointed as the chairman of the Western Australian Anti-Corruption Commission from 1989 to 1997.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wickham, John L C Judges of the Supreme Court of Western Australia 1919 births 2018 deaths University of Western Australia alumni People educated at Guildford Grammar School