Anne Bampton

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Anne Bampton
Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia
Assumed office
14 November 2013
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Born1961or1962(age 61–62)
Nationality Australian
OccupationJudge, lawyer

Anne Bampton is an Australian lawyer, who was a judge of the District Court of South Australia from 2010 until 2013 when she was appointed to the Supreme Court of South Australia. [1]

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Career

Bampton was admitted as a legal practitioner in 1985. In 2006 she was appointed a Master of the Supreme Court. In February 2010 Bampton was appointed a judge of the District Court. [1]

Supreme Court of South Australia

Bampton was appointed to the Supreme Court in November 2013. [1] Bampton has sat on a number of high-profile cases, including finding that Cy Walsh was not guilty of the murder of his father Phil Walsh because he was mentally incompetent. [2] Bampton was a member of the Full Court of the Supreme Court that dismissed an appeal against a redistribution of the electoral districts of South Australia. [3]

Drink driving

On Saturday 30 November 2013, shortly after Bampton's appointment to the Supreme Court, she was driving after consuming alcohol when she hit and injured a cyclist at Glenside. A breath test indicated that Bampton had a blood alcohol content of 0.121%, a category 2 offence, [4] and was immediately disqualified from driving for six months. [5] Bampton pleaded guilty to driving with excess blood alcohol and driving without due care, was fined $1,300, plus court costs of $260 and disqualified from driving for a further eight months and 14 days. [6]

Bampton was the fourth Australian judge to commit a drink driving offense, 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. In South Australia a judge can only be removed by the Governor upon the address of both Houses of the Parliament. [9] [10] Bampton did not resign nor did the Parliament seek her removal. The Chief Justice Chris Kourakis decided that for twelve months Bampton would not be allocated to cases involving a driving offence nor where an offender was "materially affected by alcohol". [6] Subsequently, NSW Court of Appeal Judge Anthony Meagher was found to be driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.053%, however he too remained on the bench. [11]


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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Anne Bampton and Greg Parker appointed to the Supreme Court" (PDF). Attorney-General's Department. 14 November 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Drink driving former judge sentenced". ABC News. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Martin v Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission [2017] SASCFC 18, Supreme Court (SA).
  4. ↑ Road Traffic Act 1961 (SA) s 47B Driving while having prescribed concentration of alcohol in blood.
  5. 1 2 "Future of newly-appointed SA Supreme Court Justice Anne Bampton in doubt after allegedly collided with cyclist while drink-driving". The Advertiser. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Drink driving judge banned from sentencing drunk offenders". The Guardian. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  7. ↑ Robinson, Georgina (11 May 2010). "Former NSW attorney-general Jeffrey Shaw dead". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Cy Walsh committed to psychiatric institution". SkyNews. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  9. ↑ Constitution Act 1934 (SA) s 75 Removal from office of Judges.
  10. ↑ Appleby, G & Le Mire, S. "Judicial Conduct: Crafting a System That Enhances Institutional Integrity". [2014] Melbourne University Law Review 9.
  11. ↑ "Court of Appeal Judge Anthony Meagher 'deeply ashamed' after-low range drink driving charge". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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