Shan Tennent

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The Honourable Justice
Shan Eve Tennent
Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania
In office
15 March 2005 –3 November 2017
Personal details
Born1952 (age 69–70)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Education University of Queensland
OccupationJudge, lawyer

Shan Eve Tennent is a former Australian judge. She was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania between March 2005 and October 2017, and was the first woman to be appointed to the Court. [1]

Tennent studied law at the University of Queensland, subsequently moving to Tasmania in 1977. She practised law in Hobart, specialising in family law cases, and worked as a partner at Hobart firm Page Seager for fifteen years. [2] In 1998 she was appointed as both a magistrate and a coroner, leading to her high-profile 2001 inquest into prisoner deaths in custody at Risdon Prison, the state's largest prison. The subsequent report resulted in a number of sackings, and ultimately led to the decision to completely rebuild the prison. [3] [4]

Tennent was appointed to the Supreme Court of Tasmania on 15 March 2005 by Governor William Cox, making her the first woman to sit on the court in its 180-year history. [2] Tennent retired with effect on 3 November 2017. [5] [6] In March 2019 Tennent was inducted into the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women for "service to justice and human rights". [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Fromberg, Annah (2 October 2017). "Tasmania's trailblazing Supreme Court judge Shan Tennent given ceremonial send-off". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 Lower, Gavin. "Tassie gets first female Supreme Court judge". The Mercury , 1 February 2005.
  3. ↑ Whinnett, Ellen. "Woman set to be new judge". The Mercury , 29 January 2005.
  4. ↑ Paine, Michelle. "New jail to be built at $53m cost". The Mercury , 11 April 2001.
  5. ↑ "The Puisne Judges of Tasmania". Supreme Court of Tasmania. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Fromberg, A (2 October 2017). "Tasmania's trailblazing Supreme Court judge Shan Tennent given ceremonial send-off". ABC News. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Women in Tasmania". www.dpac.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 16 March 2019.


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