John Dyson Heydon is a former Australian judge and barrister who served on the High Court of Australia from 2003 to 2013 and the New South Wales Court of Appeal from 2000 to 2003,and previously served as Dean of the Sydney Law School. He retired from the bench at the constitutionally-mandated age of 70 and went on to chair the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption between 2014 and 2015.
The Supreme Court of New South Wales is the highest state court of the Australian State of New South Wales. It has unlimited jurisdiction within the state in civil matters,and hears the most serious criminal matters. Whilst the Supreme Court is the highest New South Wales court in the Australian court hierarchy,an appeal by special leave can be made to the High Court of Australia.
Albert Bathurst Piddington KC was an Australian lawyer,politician and judge. He was a member of the High Court of Australia for one month in 1913,making him the shortest-serving judge in the court's history.
Sir William Francis Langer Owen,KBE,QC was an Australian judge who served as a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1961 until his death in 1972.
The Faculty of Law and Justice of the University of New South Wales is a law school situated in Sydney,Australia. It is widely regarded as one of Australia's top law schools. The 2021 QS World University Rankings rank the UNSW Law Faculty 13th in the world,first for undergraduate law in Australia,2nd overall in Australia and 3rd in the Asia-Pacific region,and the 2021 Times Higher Education subject rankings also rank it second in Australia,making it the top ranked law school in New South Wales according to both tables,as well as being the top undergraduate Law school in the country.
John Francis Ryan is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1991 to 2007. He was the Liberal Deputy Leader in the Legislative Council from 2003 to 2007.
The Judicial Commission of New South Wales is an independent statutory corporation of the New South Wales Government that provides sentencing information and continuing education to and examines complaints made against judicial officers in New South Wales,Australia.
Robert Marsden Hope,was a Justice of the New South Wales Court of Appeal and Royal Commissioner on three separate occasions,most notably the Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security. As a judge Hope was known for his legal positivism and as a royal commissioner he "instilled a sense of impartiality".
Gregory Reginald James is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
Virginia Margaret Bell is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia,the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy. She was sworn in on 3 February 2009,and retired on 28 February 2021.
Peter David McClellan is a retired judge of the New South Wales Court of Appeal who served between February 2013 and February 2018. McClellan was the Chief Royal Commissioner of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse from January 2013 to December 2017. He was previously the Chief Judge in Common Law in the Supreme Court,a position to which he was appointed in 2005.
The Supreme Court of New South Wales for the District of Port Phillip was an historical division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales,exercising the jurisdiction of that court within the Port Phillip District of New South Wales. It consisted of a single Resident Judge. It existed from 1840 until 1852,when,following the separation of the Port Phillip District to form the Colony of Victoria,it was replaced by the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Wilfred Robert Dovey QC was an Australian barrister and judge. He served on the Supreme Court of New South Wales from 1953 to 1964. He was described as colourful,slightly eccentric and irascible,although he had a brilliant legal mind and a Shakespearean vocabulary. His daughter Margaret married the future Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam.
Paul Leon Stein is a former Australian lawyer and judge,and an authority on environmental law.
Jane Hamilton Mathews was a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales,a judge of the Federal Court of Australia and President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
The Royal Commission into Violence,Abuse,Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is a royal commission established on 4 April 2019 by the Australian government pursuant to the Royal Commissions Act 1902. The Honourable Ronald Sackville,who serves as Chair of the Royal Commission,The Honourable Roslyn Atkinson,Ms Barbara Bennett,Dr Rhonda Galbally,Ms Andrea Mason,Mr Alastair McEwin,and The Honourable John Ryan currently serve as Royal Commissioners.
Andrew Scott Bell is an Australian lawyer and judge currently serving as the Chief Justice of New South Wales.
