Sandy Street

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The Honourable
Alexander Whistler Street
SC
Judge of the Federal Circuit Court
Assumed office
1 January 2015
Personal details
Born Sydney, New South Wales
Parent Sir Laurence Street
Relatives Street family
Military service
Allegiance Commonwealth of Australia
Branch/service Royal Australian Navy Reserve
Rank Commander

Alexander "Sandy" Whistler Street, SC is an Australian federal judge and naval officer, and a scion of the Street family. His father Sir Laurence Whistler Street, grandfather Sir Kenneth Whistler Street and great-grandfather Sir Philip Whistler Street each served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales.

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Family

Street was born in Sydney to Sir Laurence Street and Susan (née Watt), formerly Lady Street, the first female chair of the Eastern Sydney Health Service. His grandmother Jessie, Lady Street was Australia's first female delegate to the United Nations. He descends from Australian politicians John Street, John Watt, George Holden, Edward Ogilvie and William Lawson. His sister, Sylvia Emmett (née Street), is a retired federal judge and naval officer. His brother-in-law, Arthur Emmett, is a former federal judge and Challis Lecturer in Roman Law at Sydney Law School. His other siblings by Sir Laurence's first marriage are Kenneth Street, a businessman, and Sarah Farley (née Street), a businesswoman. His half-sister by Sir Laurence's second marriage to Penelope Ferguson is Jessie Street, a lawyer. He has four children: Charles Street, a barrister; Jack Street, a lawyer; Lucy Street and Heidi Street. [1]

Career

In January 2015, Street was appointed to the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, now the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, by the Attorney-General George Brandis. [2] One of Judge Street's rulings was overturned by the full Federal Court on appeal after he dismissed a cerebral palsy sufferer's claim of discrimination and pursuit of damages against Virgin Australia for refusing to allow his guide dog on a flight. [2] In late 2015, statistics were filed in court which revealed Judge Street had heard 254 migration appeals between January and June 2015, and had found in favour of the immigration minister in 252 cases. In that same period, Judge Street disposed of 286 cases while his 8 judicial colleagues disposed of a combined 357 cases. [3] Judge Street was accused of lacking procedural fairness and over 70 of his rulings were overturned in five years. [4] In a case report from September 2018, he was found by the full Federal Court to have dismissed an Afghan asylum seeker's case without sufficient reasoning. [5] In another case report from 2019, he took 75 days to provide written reasoning for his dismissal of an Iranian asylum seeker's application to review a visa rejection, when the litigant had only 21 days to appeal. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Honourable Sir Laurence Whistler Street". www.supremecourt.justice.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Judge accused of bias now has airline guide dog ruling overturned". ABC News. 11 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Federal Circuit Court judge accused of bias after rejecting hundreds of migration cases". ABC News. 10 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Judge Street refuses to step aside from migration hearing". ABC News. 22 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Berkovic, Nicola (17 July 2019). "Judge Sandy Street's three rulings axed in three days". The Australian . Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Judge Sandy Street criticised for 'professional discourtesy' in asylum seeker case". The Guardian. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
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