Sir John Martin Lavan (September 1911 – 1 December 2006) was a judge in 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 or more ...

. Lavan was educated at Christian Brothers, Perth and

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in Melbourne. He joined his father's firm Lavan and Walsh in 1934, where he remained until 1969. He was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 1969, a position he held until 1981. He served as president of the law society from 1964 to 1966, and he was also chairman of the Parole Board of WA from 1960 to 1969.

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