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Chief Justice Of South Australia
Of the judges of the Supreme Court of South Australia, , 14 had previously served in the Parliament of South Australia Edward Gwynne, Sir Richard Hanson, Randolph Stow, Sir Samuel Way, Sir James Boucaut, Richard Andrews, Sir William Bundey, Sir John Gordon, Robert Homburg, Sir Angas Parsons, Sir Charles Abbott, Leo Travers, Len King and Robin Millhouse. In addition, Sir John Jeffcott served as a member of the South Australian Legislative Council concurrent with his brief tenure as a judge in South Australia. See also * Judiciary of Australia Notes References {{reflist Judges of the Supreme Court South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ... *List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court Of South Australia
The Supreme Court of South Australia is the superior court of the Australian state of South Australia. The Supreme Court is the highest South Australian court in the Australian court hierarchy. It has unlimited jurisdiction within the state in civil matters, and hears the most serious criminal matters. The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and as many other justices as may be required. History The Court was established by Letters Patent on 2 January 1837, five days after the colony was founded. The Court is unique among Australia's state supreme courts in that it was established at the foundation of the colony of South Australia, as the notion of a supreme court was a part of the colony's founder, Edward Wakefield's theory of colonisation. Other Australian colonies only established their courts long after the settlement of the colony. The Court was endowed with all the common law and probate jurisdiction of the courts of Westminster. The first sessions of the Court were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australian Legislative Council
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the South Australian House of Assembly, House of Assembly. It sits in Parliament House, Adelaide, Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide. The upper house has 22 members elected for staggered elections, staggered eight-year terms by proportional representation, with half of the members facing re-election every four years. It is elected in a similar manner to its federal counterpart, the Australian Senate. Casual vacancy, Casual vacancies—where a member resigns or dies—are filled by a joint sitting of both houses, who then elect a replacement. History Advisory council At the founding of the Province of South Australia under the ''South Australia Act 1834'', governance of the new colony was divided between the Governor of South Australia and a Resident Commissioner, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Boothby
Benjamin Boothby (5 February 1803 – 21 June 1868) was a South Australian colonial judge, who was removed from office for misbehaviour, one of four Australian supreme court judges removed in the 19th century. 01312 Macquarie Law Journal 21. Boothby was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire. He assisted Sir Thomas Wilde in his electoral campaigns and read in his chambers. He was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1825. In 1853, Boothby was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia. This was the last appointment of a South Australian judge by the Colonial Office. Boothby, in a series of judgments, adopted a pedantic approach to Imperial Law, holding a number of South Australian statutes invalid, including the Real Property Act 1857, which introduced the Torrens system of land registration in South Australia. Boothby also asserted that the Parliament of South Australia had not been validly constituted since the enactment of the Constitution Act 1855–56. In 1865, partly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Crawford (judge)
George Crawford may refer to: People *George Crawford (Australian politician) (1926–2012), Victorian state politician * George Crawford (Canadian politician) (1793–1870), founding member of the Canadian Senate * George Crawford (cricketer) (1890–1975), English first-class cricketer * George Crawford (footballer) (1905–1975), English footballer *George A. Crawford (1827–1891), Kansas politician * George G. Crawford (politician) (1920-2012), California State Assembly member * George W. Crawford (1798–1872), United States politician from Georgia *George Crawford (American businessman) (1861–1935), American businessman, founder and executive with Columbia Gas & Electric * George Williamson Crawford (1877–1972), Connecticut lawyer * George Crawford (baseball), Major League Baseball outfielder, 1890 *George Gordon Crawford (1869–1936), American industrialist Other * SS ''George G. Crawford'', a Liberty ship See also * George Crawford Hyndman (1796–1867), Iri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie David
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Chris Bleby
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Samuel Doyle (judge)
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David Lovell (judge)
David John Lovell (born 16 February 1969) is an Australian born former Welsh cricketer. Lovell was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia. Lovell made his debut for Wales Minor Counties in the 1998 MCCA Knockout Trophy against the Warwickshire Cricket Board. He played Minor counties cricket for Wales Minor Counties from 1998 to 2004, which included 12 Minor Counties Championship matches and 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1998, he made his List A debut against Nottinghamshire, in the NatWest Trophy. He played a further List A match for the team, against the Sussex Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 13 runs at a batting average of 6.50, with a high score of 8. Having played for Western Australia Under-19s when he lived in Australia, he later played Second XI cricket for the Derbyshire Second XI, Durham Second XI, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Livesey
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Trish Kelly
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John Jefferson Bray
John Jefferson Bray, (16 September 1912 – 26 June 1995) was an Australian lawyer, judge, academic, university administrator, Crown officer, and poet. From 1967 to 1978, he served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia. Early life and parents Bray was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 16 September 1912, the elder son of Harry Midwinter Bray (1879–1965), an Adelaide stockbroker, and his wife, Gertrude Eleanore Stow (members of whose family were Congregationalist missionaries in South Australia). His father's family had a history of involvement in South Australian politics and current affairs: Bray's grandfather was the Honourable Sir John Cox Bray, a former Premier of South Australia. On his mother's side, Bray claimed a collateral relationship to the third U.S. president, Thomas Jefferson. Education Bray was educated at the state school at Sevenhill in the Clare Valley; at St Peter's College, Adelaide; and at the University of Adelaide, where he ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mellis Napier
Sir Thomas John Mellis Napier (24 October 1882 – 22 March 1976) was an Australian judge and academic administrator. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia (1924–1967), Chief Justice of South Australia (1942–1967), and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide (1948–1961). Early life and education Thomas John Mellis Napier was born in Dunbar in East Lothian to Dr. Alexander Disney Leith Napier FRSE and his wife Jessie Mellis. The family moved to London in 1887, where he attended the City of London School, and emigrated to Australia in 1896, Alexander Napier having taken the post of senior resident physician at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Thomas Napier studied law at the University of Adelaide, graduating LLB in 1902. Legal career and related activities In 1903 Napier became managing clerk for Kingston & McLachlan, and became a partner with McLachlan in 1906. He was appointed judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia on 28 February 1924, serving unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
