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The chief justice is first among equals among the justices of the High Court, and the position differs little from that of the other justices. All Justices, including the chief justice, are appointed by the governor-general of Australia, on the advice of the federal government. They can be removed only by the governor-general, on a request from ...
Susan Kiefel was the first woman to be appointed Chief Justice of Australia. She was appointed in 2017 and had been a justice from 2007 to 2017. Of the seven current justices, four are men, including the chief justice, and three are women. Michelle Gordon was appointed in 2015 and Jacqueline Gleeson in 2021, replacing Bell.
Susan Mary Kiefel AC KC (/ ˈ k iː f əl /; [1] [2] born 1954) is an Australian lawyer and barrister who was the 13th Chief Justice of Australia from 2017 to 2023. She concurrently served on the High Court of Australia from 2007 to 2023, previously being a judge of both the Supreme Court of Queensland and the Federal Court of Australia.
Debra Sue Mortimer is an Australian judge who has been the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia since 7 April 2023. She was born in New Zealand but has practised law in Australia.
294 days Sir Isaac Isaacs Shortest serving Chief Justice: 1930 - 1931 This is a list of Australian chief justices by time in office. Chief justices of Australia Rank by length of term Chief Justice Appointed by Date of appointment Date of retirement Length of term Length of retirement Date of death Order by date 1 Barwick, Garfield Garfield Barwick Menzies, Robert Menzies 27 April 1964 (1964 ...
Chief Judge / Chief Justice [a] Russell Fox [b] 1 January 1977: 3 November 1977: 306 days Sir Richard Blackburn [b] 7 November 1977: 31 March 1985: 7 years, 144 days Jeffrey Miles: 17 June 1985: 30 September 2002: 17 years, 105 days Terrence Higgins [b] 31 January 2003: 13 September 2013: 10 years, 225 days Helen Murrell: 28 October 2013: 4 ...
Beech-Jones was appointed to the New South Wales Supreme Court in 2012 and in August 2021 was appointed the Chief Judge at Common Law and a judge of the New South Wales Court of Appeal. [5] On 22 August 2023, his appointment to the High Court of Australia was announced, to take effect on 6 November 2023.
The High Court exercises both original and appellate jurisdiction.. Sir Owen Dixon said on his swearing in as Chief Justice of Australia in 1952: [8]. The High Court's jurisdiction is divided in its exercise between constitutional and federal cases which loom so largely in the public eye, and the great body of litigation between man and man, or even man and government, which has nothing to do ...