The Family Court of Australia was a superior Australian federal court of record which deals with family law matters,such as divorce applications,parenting disputes,and the division of property when a couple separate. Together with the Federal Circuit Court of Australia,it covered family law matters in all states and territories of Australia except for Western Australia,which has a separate Family Court. Its core function was to determine cases with the most complex law,facts and parties,to cover specialised areas in family law,and to provide national coverage as the national appellate court for family law matters.
Court dress comprises the style of clothes and other attire prescribed for members of courts of law. Depending on the country and jurisdiction's traditions,members of the court may wear formal robes,gowns,collars,or wigs. Within a certain country and court setting,there may be many times when the full formal dress is not used. Examples in the UK include many courts and tribunals including the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom,and sometimes trials involving children.
Sir Francis Theodore Page Burt was an Australian jurist who served as the 11th Chief Justice of Western Australia,from 1977 to 1988,and the 27th Governor of Western Australia,from 1990 to 1993.
The Supreme Court of Western Australia is the highest state court in the Australian State of Western Australia. It has unlimited jurisdiction within the state in civil matters,and hears the most serious criminal matters.
Kenneth Comninos Michael,is an Australian civil engineer,academic and former public servant who was the 30th Governor of Western Australia,serving from 2006 to 2011.
Brian Ross Martin is an Australian jurist. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia before being appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory in 2004. He served in the Northern Territory between 2004 and 2010. He served as an acting Judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 2012. In legal texts,he is referred to as "Martin (BR) CJ" to avoid confusion with his predecessor.
David Kingsley Malcolm,AC,QC was the Chief Justice of Western Australia from May 1988 until his retirement from the bench in February 2006. He was also an expatriate justice of the Supreme Court of Fiji.
Marilyn Louise Warren is a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria and lieutenant-governor of Victoria,Australia.
The Chief Justice of Western Australia is the most senior judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and the highest ranking judicial officer in the Australian state of Western Australia. The chief justice is both the judicial head of the Supreme Court as well as the administrative head. The chief justice is responsible for arranging the business of the court and establishing its rules and procedures.
Sir Laurence Whistler Street,was the 14th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales. He was the third generation of the Street family to serve in these viceregal offices and the youngest since 1844. Street fought in World War II and became a commander in the Royal Australian Navy Reserve and an honorary colonel in the Australian Army Reserve.
John Roderick McKechnie is the Commissioner of the Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia. He is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia,the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia,and formerly served as the State's first Director of Public Prosecutions.
Sir John Patrick (Jack) Dwyer KCMG was a native of Aberfeldy,Victoria who became Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor of the State of Western Australia from 1945 to 1959.
James Jacob Spigelman is a former Australian judge who served as Chief Justice of New South Wales from 1998 to 2011. He was also Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales from 1998 to 2012. He served on the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong as a non-permanent judge from other common law jurisdictions from April 2013 to his early resignation in September 2020. Spigelman also served as chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 2012 to 2017.
Robert Shenton French is an Australian lawyer. He is a former judge of the Federal Court of Australia and was Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia from 2008 to 2017. In 2017 French became an overseas non-permanent judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal,and was appointed chancellor of the University of Western Australia.
Ewan Charles Crawford,is an Australian judge and former Chief Justice of Tasmania.
Malcolm James McCusker is an Australian barrister and philanthropist who was the 31st Governor of Western Australia,serving from July 2011 to June 2014.
Thomas Frederick Bathurst,is an England-born Australian jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales from 1 June 2011 to 5 March 2022. He has served as Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales from 1 February 2012 to 5 December 2022.
James Joshua Edelman has been a justice of the High Court of Australia since 30 January 2017,and is a former justice of the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Western Australia. He is noted for his various achievements at a young age,including becoming a professor at Oxford University before the age of 35 and a justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia before the age of 40. He was 43 years old upon commencing his appointment on the High Court and is eligible to continue until reaching the constitutionally required retirement age of 70 in 2044.
Peter Damien Quinlan,SC is the Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia. He was sworn in on the 27 November 2019. He is also the Chief Justice of Western Australia. His appointment was announced on 1 August 2018,and took effect on 13 August. He was the Solicitor-General of Western Australia from 2016 to 2018.
