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The

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Robert Brooking was a judge of the Court of Appeal of Victoria from 1995, having been appointed a judge of the

Supreme Court of Victoria The Supreme Court of Victoria is the highest court in the Australian state of Victoria. Founded in 1852, it is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited and inherent jurisdiction within the state. The Supreme Court comprises ...

in 1977. He was also an acting judge of the

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory is the superior court for the Australian Territory of the Northern Territory. It has unlimited jurisdiction within the territory in civil matters, and hears the most serious criminal matters. It is aro ...

for 6 months in 2000–2001. Brooking was admitted to practice as a solicitor in 1954 and was appointed a

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in 1969. Brooking retired in 2002 after serving as a judge for 25 years. In 2003 he was made an

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"For service to the judiciary, particularly through the Victorian Court of Appeal, to the law in the areas of tenancy, building law and arbitration, and to the community".

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* (1954) 6 Res Judicate 3. * (1954) 6 Res Judicate 17. * (1954) 6 Res Judicate 247. * (1954) 6 Res Judicate 395. * * * (1974) 9(4)

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795. * (2002) 85 Australian Construction Law Newsletter 5.

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