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Chief Justice Of Tasmania
The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, and the highest ranking judicial officer in the Australian state of Tasmania. The chief justice is both the judicial head of the Supreme Court as well as the administrative head, responsible for arranging the business of the court and establishing its rules and procedures. The current chief justice is Chris Shanahan, whose appointment was announced in 2024 by the Tasmanian Attorney-General. Justice Shanahan, who succeeded Alan Blow, who had been Chief Justice since 2013, assumed office on 20 January 2025. Due to an age limit changed at the request of Chief Justice Blow, the incumbent chief justice must retire upon reaching the age of 75. The chief justice also holds the role of lieutenant governor of Tasmania. List of chief justices of Tasmania See also * Judiciary of Australia * Supreme Court of Tasmania The Supreme Court of Tasmania is the highest State court in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Shanahan
Christopher Patrick Shanahan (born 18 September 1960) is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, an office he assumed on 20 January 2025, his appointment as chief justice and as lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania having been announced on 2 December 2024. Before his appointment, his Honour was a Senior Counsel in the State of Western Australia, who accepted briefs primarily in the areas of superior court appeals, equity and administrative law. Early life and education He was educated at Aquinas College, Perth, University of Western Australia, University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales. He completed his articles with Jackson MacDonald in 1983. He was admitted to practice in Western Australia in 1984, New South Wales in 1989 and the High Court of Australia in 1990. Career From 1990-91 he was a Senior Officer to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. During 1993, he joined the Western Australian Bar Association and continued to work as a barri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lambert Dobson
Sir William Lambert Dobson (24 April 1833 – 17 March 1898) was an English-born Australian politician, a Leader of the Opposition and Chief Justice of Tasmania (Australia). Early life Dobson was born at Carr Hill, Gateshead, Durham, England, the elder son of John Dobson, a solicitor at Gateshead, and his first wife Mary Ann, ''née'' Atkinson (1811–1837). William was full brother to Frank and half-brother to Alfred and Henry Dobson. William arrived in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) with his parents on 16 July 1834. He was educated at Christ College and The Hutchins School at Hobart. After leaving school Dobson spent 18 months in the public service, returned to England, and entered at the Middle Temple. At the Inns of Court examination held in June 1856 Dobson took first place and was admitted to the bar on 6 June 1856. Career Dobson returned to Tasmania at the end of 1856 and was admitted to practise as a barrister on 22 January 1857. In 1859 Dobson was appointed c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Justices Of Tasmania
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Judiciary Of Australia
The judiciary of Australia comprises judges who sit in federal courts and courts of the States and Territories of Australia. The High Court of Australia sits at the apex of the Australian court hierarchy as the ultimate court of appeal on matters of both federal and State law. The large number of courts in Australia have different procedural powers and characteristics, different jurisdictional limits, different remedial powers and different cost structures. Under the Australian Constitution, the judicial power of the Commonwealth is vested in the High Court of Australia and such other federal courts as may be created by the federal Parliament. These courts include the Federal Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. Federal jurisdiction can also be vested in State courts. The Supreme Courts of the States and Territories are superior courts of record with general and unlimited jurisdiction within their own State or Territory. Like the Suprem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewan Crawford
Ewan Charles Crawford, (born 8 April 1941) is an Australian judge and former Chief Justice of Tasmania. Early life Crawford was born in Launceston to parents Sir George and Lady Crawford. He went to Launceston Church Grammar School. He became a student of law in 1959 and worked as an Associate to Sir George Crawford. Career He graduated from University of Tasmania on 12 May 1964 with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours. He was employed by Douglas and Collins, Barristers and Solicitors, in Launceston as a barrister and solicitor. At his swearing-in, he related that he had to send away his first client so that he could ask somebody to help him with his advice. He then gave the wrong advice to his second client, and had to call him back to set it straight. He took a year off in 1965 to travel overseas and returned as an employed solicitor in 1966. In 1968 he was made a partner of the firm. In that same year he married Robyn on 18 May, and they now have two sons and a daughter. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Underwood
Peter George Underwood, (10 October 1937 – 7 July 2014) was an Australian jurist and the Governor of Tasmania from 2008 until his death in 2014. He was the Chief Justice of Tasmania from 2004 to 2008, having been a judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania from 1984. Early life and legal career Underwood was born on 10 October 1937 in the United Kingdom, and emigrated to Australia in 1950. He served in the Royal Australian Navy first as a National Serviceman and then in the Reserve as a sub-lieutenant. He graduated from the University of Tasmania in 1960, and practised law in Hobart for the law firm Murdoch, Clarke, Cosgrove and Drake. He was a distinguished trial advocate for over twenty years. He was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court in August 1984. Underwood managed and taught postgraduate courses in advocacy and Supreme Court practice through the University of Tasmania's Centre for Legal Practice, and continued to teach advocacy in all states of Australia with the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cox (governor)
William John Ellis Cox, (born 1 April 1936) was Governor of Tasmania from 15 December 2004 to 2 April 2008, prior to which he was the state's Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor.Office of the Governor Annual Report 2004–2005 , , 2005. Early life Born in to William Ellis Cox (d. 1970) and Alice Mary Mulcahy Cox (d. 1983), William John Ellis Cox was educated at St. Virgil's College, H ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Green (judge)
Sir Guy Stephen Montague Green, (born 26 July 1937) is a retired Australian judge who served as the Governor of Tasmania from 1995 to 2003. He was the first Tasmanian-born governor of the state, although not the first Australian-born. Early life and career Guy Green was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and attended the Launceston Church Grammar School. He studied law at the University of Tasmania's Hobart Campus, graduating with honours in 1960. He was Chief Justice of Tasmania from 1973 until 1995, the culmination of a distinguished career in law in Tasmania, which saw him serve as a magistrate from 1971 to 1973. Green was also heavily involved in the University of Tasmania, serving as chancellor before his appointment as governor. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by the university in 1996. Sir Guy was also chancellor of the Australian Priory of the Order of St John of Jerusalem before assuming Vice-Regal office. On 11 May 2003, the Governor-General, Peter Hollingwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Burbury
Sir Stanley Charles Burbury, (3 December 1909 – 24 April 1995) was an Australian judge. He served as Chief Justice of Tasmania from 1956 to 1973 and as Governor of Tasmania from 1973 to 1982, the state's first Australian-born governor. Early life Burbury was born on 3 December 1909 in Perth, Western Australia. He was the only child of Mary Agatha (née Cunningham) and Daniel Charles Burbury. His father, born in Tasmania, was employed as a metallurgist at the Perth Mint. Burbury's mother died two months after his birth and he was returned to Tasmania to be raised by his aunt Ada Mary Lakin in Hobart. He contracted poliomyelitis at a young age, leaving him with a lifelong limp. He completed his secondary education at The Hutchins School in Hobart, where he was a prize-winning student. He went on to study law at the University of Tasmania, graduating Bachelor of Laws in 1932. Legal career Burbury was admitted to practise law in 1933 and joined the firm of Simmons, Wolfhagen, Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Morris (judge)
Sir John Demetrius Morris (24 December 1902 – 3 July 1956) was an Australian jurist, who was Chief Justice of Tasmania from 1940 until his death in office in 1956. Early life and education Morris was born on 24 December 1902 in Hawthorn, Victoria. He was the son of Margaret Jane () and James Demetrius Morris; his father was a public servant from New Zealand. His paternal grandfather Christoforos Moros was born on the Greek island of Poros and emigrated to Australia during the Victorian gold rush; he subsequently anglicised his name to Christopher Morris and became a successful businessman. Morris was educated at St Patrick's College, East Melbourne, and then studied arts and law at the University of Melbourne. Legal career On 7 November 1927, Morris was admitted to the Victorian Bar. In October 1930, he and his new wife, Mary McDermott, moved to Hobart, where Morris was admitted to the Tasmanian Bar. He joined the law firm of Albert Ogilvie, later becoming a partner in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Crisp
Sir Harold Crisp (27 July 1874 – 12 May 1942) was an Australian judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania from 1914 and Chief Justice of Tasmania from 1937 until his retirement in 1940. Crisp was born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1874. His father, David Crisp, was a well-known lawyer in Hobart, and Harold served articles with his father before his admission as a practitioner of the Supreme Court on 16 April 1896. Upon his admission to the bar, he joined his father's firm. He moved to the town of Zeehan on Tasmania's west coast where he practised for several years before returning to Hobart to join his father as a partner in the firm Crisp & Crisp. In 1914, on his 40th birthday, Crisp accepted an appointment as a puisne judge of the Supreme Court and took his seat on the bench on 2 August. When Chief Justice Sir Herbert Nicholls retired on 31 October 1937, Crisp served as acting Chief Justice until he was officially appointed on 21 December. On 9 June 1938, Crisp was made Knight Bachelo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Nicholls
Sir Herbert Nicholls (11 August 1868 – 11 November 1940) was an Australian judge and politician, who was Chief Justice of Tasmania from 1914 to 1937, and as an independent member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1900 to 1909. In parliament, he served as Attorney-General (1903 to 1904) and Leader of the Opposition (1906 to 1909). Early life Nicholls was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1868, to the English journalist Henry Richard Nicholls and his Irish-born wife Ellen Minchin. He was educated in Ballarat, until his family moved to Hobart, Tasmania in 1883 so his father could take up the editorship of '' The Mercury'' newspaper. (His father is the namesake of the H. R. Nicholls Society, formed in 1986.) Legal career After working as a mail clerk, Nicholls was articled to Andrew Inglis Clark and Matthew Wilkes Simmons, and was admitted to the Bar in 1892. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Tasmania in 1896, and became a barrister. Political ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
