Judicial independence is the concept that the judiciary should be independent from the other branches of government. That is,courts should not be subject to improper influence from the other branches of government or from private or partisan interests. Judicial independence is important for the idea of separation of powers.
The High Court of Australia is the apex court of the Australian legal system. It exercises original and appellate jurisdiction on matters specified in the Constitution of Australia and supplementary legislation.
Edith Cowan University (ECU) is a public research university in Western Australia. It is named in honour of the first woman to be elected to an Australian parliament,Edith Cowan,and is the only Australian university named after a woman. It is the second-largest university in the state with over 30,000 students in 2023. Gaining university status in 1991,it was formed from an amalgamation of tertiary colleges with a history dating back to 1902 when the Claremont Teachers College was established,making it the modern descendant of the first tertiary institution in Western Australia.
Sir Noel Plunkett Power,was a senior judge in Hong Kong and Brunei Darussalam. He had been a barrister-at-law in his home-country Australia when he joined the judiciary of Hong Kong in 1965 as a magistrate in the Lands Tribunal. Since then,he had been successively promoted as President of the Lands Tribunal,a puisne judge of the Supreme Court and Vice-President of the Court of Appeal. In 1996,he became acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when Sir Ti-liang Yang resigned and contested for the first ever election of the Chief Executive. After the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from Britain to People's Republic of China in 1997,he was appointed Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court. He retired from the High Court in 1999 but remained as a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal.
Native title refers to rights,recognised by Australian law,held by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups or individuals to land that derive from their maintenance of their traditional laws and customs. These Aboriginal title rights were first recognised as a part of Australian common law with the decision of Mabo v Queensland in 1992. The doctrine was subsequently implemented and modified via statute with the Native Title Act 1993.
John Leslie Toohey,AC,QC was an Australian judge who was a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1987 to 1998.
There are various levels of judiciary in England and Wales—different types of courts have different styles of judges. They also form a strict hierarchy of importance,in line with the order of the courts in which they sit,so that judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales are given more weight than district judges sitting in county courts and magistrates' courts. On 1 April 2020 there were 3,174 judges in post in England and Wales. Some judges with United Kingdom-wide jurisdiction also sit in England and Wales,particularly Justices of the United Kingdom Supreme Court and members of the tribunals judiciary.
Monash University Faculty of Law,or Monash Law School,is the law school of Monash University. Founded in 1963,it is based in Melbourne,Victoria and has campuses in Malaysia and Italy. It is consistently ranked as one of the top law schools in Australia and globally,and entry to its Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme is highly competitive.
In most legal jurisdictions,a supreme court,also known as a court of last resort,apex court,and highcourt of appeal,is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts. Broadly speaking,the decisions of a supreme court are binding on all other courts in a nation and are not subject to further review by any other court. Supreme courts typically function primarily as appellate courts,hearing appeals from decisions of lower trial courts,or from intermediate-level appellate courts. A Supreme Court can also,in certain circumstances,act as a court of original jurisdiction,however,this is typically limited to constitutional law.
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi was an Indian judge who was the 26th Chief Justice of India. After serving as a judge in the Gujarat High Court,Ahmadi was appointed judge to the Supreme Court in 1988. He was then elevated to the post of Chief Justice,and served from 1994 to 1997. He served as chancellor at the Aligarh Muslim University for two terms.
Clayton Utz is an Australian law firm headquartered in Sydney. Established in 1833,it is large-sized firm,known as one of the "Big Six" Australian law firms. The firm is recognised for its litigation practice,government clients,pro bono services and high-profile alumni. In 2013,the firm had an annual revenue of $436 million. As of 2021 it had 179 partners and 1,600 personnel in six offices.
Sir John Alfred Northmore KCMG was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia,which is the highest ranking court in the state of Western Australia. Northmore was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court in 1914 before being appointed Chief Justice in 1931. He retired in 1945 and died in 1958. He also served as Administrator of Western Australia from 1931 to 1933,fulfilling the functions of Governor after financial straits prevented a permanent successor to Governor Sir William Campion.
Sir Richard Arthur Blackburn,was an Australian judge,prominent legal academic and military officer. He became a judge of three courts in Australia,and eventually became chief justice of the Australian Capital Territory. In the 1970s he decided one of Australia's earliest Aboriginal Land rights cases. The annual Sir Richard Blackburn Memorial lectures in Canberra commemorate his service to the Australian legal community.
St. Louis School was a Catholic boys' school in Claremont,Western Australia,between 1938 and 1976.
Michael Laurence Barker is a former Australian judge who served as a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia from 9 February 2009 to 11 February 2019. He previously served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and as President of the Western Australian State Administrative Tribunal.
Malcolm James McCusker is an Australian barrister and philanthropist who was the 31st Governor of Western Australia,serving from July 2011 to June 2014.
The Law of Nigeria consists of courts,offences,and various types of laws. Nigeria has its own constitution which was established on 29 May 1999. The Constitution of Nigeria is the supreme law of the country. There are four distinct legal systems in Nigeria,which include English law,Common law,Customary law,and Sharia Law. English law in Nigeria is derived from the colonial Nigeria,while common law is a development from its post-colonial independence.
The UWA Law School is the law school of the University of Western Australia,located in Perth,Western Australia.
