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Prior to the creation of the Federal Court of Australia in 1976, this was primarily the Supreme Courts of the States. Since 1976, a number of justices of the Federal Court have been appointed to the High Court. A small number of justices served on both a State Supreme Court and the Federal Court before being appointed to the High Court.
This includes all chief justices that can also be found in the subcategories. The main article for this category is High Court of Australia . For more information, see List of justices of the High Court of Australia .
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 ...
The office of chief justice is established under section 71 of the Constitution of Australia, which establishes the High Court as consisting of a chief justice and at least two other justices. The court was constituted by, and its first members were appointed under, the Judiciary Act 1903 , with the first appointments to the High Court ...
Kenneth Hayne joined the bench in 1992 when he was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria. From 7 June 1995 he sat on the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria, which is the highest court in the Australian State of Victoria. Hayne was appointed as a Justice of the High Court in September 1997.
(as Justice) 5 July 2028: David Hurley (as Chief Justice) Quentin Bryce (as Justice) Anthony Albanese (Labor, as Chief Justice) Julia Gillard (Labor, as Justice) Solicitor-General of Australia: Australian National University Harvard University: Michelle Gordon AC: Vic: 9 June 2015: 19 November 2034: Peter Cosgrove: Tony Abbott Federal Court of ...
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 ...
Stephen John Gageler AC (/ ɡ eɪ ɡ l ər /; [1] [2] born 5 July 1958) is an Australian judge and former barrister.He has been a Justice of the High Court of Australia since 2012 and was appointed Chief Justice of Australia in 2023.