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Of the judges of the Supreme Court of South Australia, [1] as of September 2018, 14 had previously served in the Parliament of South Australia Edward Gwynne, Sir Richard Hanson, Randolph Stow, Sir Samuel Way, Sir James Boucaut, Richard Andrews, Sir William Bundey, Sir John Gordon, Robert Homburg, Sir Angas Parsons, Sir Charles Abbott, Leo Travers, Len King and Robin Millhouse.
A graduate of the University of Adelaide, he was admitted to legal practice in 1977 and was appointed King's Counsel in 2001. He was appointed to the Supreme Court on 12 August 2011. [1] He was a member of the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration. [2]
The Court was established by Letters Patent on 2 January 1837, five days after the colony was founded. The Court is unique among Australia's state supreme courts in that it was established at the foundation of the colony of South Australia, as the notion of a supreme court was a part of the colony's founder, Edward Wakefield's theory of colonisation. [3]
[6] [7] In May 2023, the Premier's decision was reinstated by the Court of Appeal of South Australia. [ 8 ] In February 2023, together with Attorney-General of South Australia Kyam Maher , Kourakis announced several new appointments to the SA judicial system.
Brian Ross Martin AO KC (born 2 September 1947) is an Australian jurist. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia before being appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory in 2004.
During his time as Chief Justice, Doyle was appointed as an Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory in 2000 to hear an appeal concerning the appointment of the then Northern Territory Chief Magistrate Hugh Bradley. [4] [5] On 30 April 2012, Doyle announced his retirement as Chief Justice, which took effect on 22 June 2012.
Martin Gerard Hinton KC is the Director of Public Prosecutions for South Australia, and a former justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia and Solicitor-General of South Australia. Hinton was admitted to legal practice in December 1989 after completing his studies at the University of South Australia.
Bampton was the fourth Australian judge to commit a drink driving offence, after District Court (SA) judge Neal Hume (2002), [5] Supreme Court (NSW) judge Jeff Shaw (2004), [7] and acting Judge of Appeal (NSW) Roderick Howie (2011). [8] Hume and Shaw resigned their commissions while Howie's acting commission was allowed to lapse.