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Listed below are Magistrates of the Magistrates Court of the Australian Capital Territory, as of June 2019, including Chief Magistrates, Magistrates and Special Magistrates. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Prior to 1949, the person holding the office of Police Magistrate at either Queanbeyan or Goulburn exercised the power of Magistrate in the Australian Capital ...
Currently eight magistrates and one special magistrate assist the Chief Magistrate in hearing matters before the Court. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The court is located on Knowles Place near London Circuit at Civic , in Canberra , in the ACT Law Courts building that it shares with the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory opened in 2019.
She was sworn in as a Magistrate on 19 July 2010 and as Chief Magistrate on 13 October 2011. On 1 August 2019, Walker was appointed an Acting Judge of the Supreme Court for 12 months to establish the Territory's Drug and Alcohol Court. [1] [2] She is the first woman to be appointed Chief Magistrate. [3]
The judiciary of Australia comprises judges who sit in federal courts and courts of the States and Territories of Australia. The High Court of Australia sits at the apex of the Australian court hierarchy as the ultimate court of appeal on matters of both federal and State law.
In South Australia, Magistrates are appointed by the Governor of South Australia based on the recommendations of the Attorney-General. [80] Before the Attorney-General makes a recommendation, they must first consult with the Chief Justice of South Australia and the Chief Magistrate . [ 81 ]
Australian Military Court (2007–2009) [b] Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (1904–1956) [c] Commonwealth Industrial Court (1956–1973) [d] Family Court (1976–2021) Federal Circuit Court / Federal Magistrates Court (1999–2021) Federal Court of Bankruptcy (1930–1977) [e] Industrial Relations Court of Australia (1994 ...
A chief magistrate is a public official, executive or judicial, whose office is the highest in its class. Historically, the two different meanings of magistrate have often overlapped and refer to, as the case may be, to a major political and administrative officer (usually at a subnational or colonial level) or a judge and barrister.
The other Chief Justices of the Supreme Courts of the States and Territories in order of appointment (where the Lieutenant-Governor of the states is not also Chief Justice, they take precedence immediately after that State's Chief Justice) : Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia: Chris Kourakis (25 June 2012)