Hartley Williams
His Honour Sir Hartley Williams (15 October 1843 – 12 July 1929), was a Supreme Court of Victoria judge. Williams was born in Collingwood, Victoria, the second son of Sir Edward Williams and his wife Jessie, Lady Williams, ''née'' Gibbon. He was educated at Repton School and Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1866. He entered as a student at the Inner Temple in January 1863, and was called to the Bar in April 1867. In the same year he returned to Victoria and was admitted a barrister of the Supreme Court of that colony in April 1868. He very quickly took a leading position as a common law pleader, and twice unsuccessfully contested St. Kilda for a seat in the Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presidin ... in 1874. Subsequent to ...
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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 two divisions: the Trial Division, which oversees its original jurisdiction, and the Court of Appeal, which deals with its appellate jurisdiction, and is frequently referred to as a court in its own right. Although the Supreme Court is theoretically vested with unlimited jurisdiction, it generally only hears