List of judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland
Appearance
Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of Queensland, as of February 2019[update],[1][2] include:
- Chief Justice of Queensland
- Judges of the Court of Appeal
- Judges
Position | Name | Appointment commenced |
Appointment ended |
Term in office | Comments | Notes |
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Chief Justice | James Cockle | 21 February 1863 | 24 June 1879 | 16 years, 123 days | Died 27 January 1895 | |
Charles Lilley | 25 June 1879 | 13 March 1893 | 13 years, 261 days | Died 20 August 1897 | ||
Samuel Griffith | 13 March 1893 | 4 October 1903 | 10 years, 205 days | Appointed Chief Justice of Australia, died 9 August 1920 | ||
Pope Cooper | 21 October 1903 | 31 March 1922 [a] | 18 years, 161 days | Died 30 August 1923 | ||
Thomas McCawley | 1 April 1922 | 16 April 1925 | 3 years, 15 days | Died in office | ||
James Blair | 24 April 1925 | 16 May 1940 | 15 years, 22 days | Died 18 November 1944 | ||
Hugh Macrossan [b] | 17 May 1940 | 23 June 1940 | 37 days | Died in office | ||
William Webb | 27 June 1940 | 15 May 1946 | 5 years, 322 days | Appointed to the High Court, died 11 August 1972 | ||
Neal Macrossan [b] | 23 April 1946 | 30 December 1955 | 9 years, 251 days | Died in office | ||
Alan Mansfield | 9 February 1956 | 21 February 1966 | 10 years, 12 days | Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 17 July 1980 | ||
William Mack | 24 February 1966 | 12 May 1971 | 5 years, 77 days | Died 26 July 1979 | ||
Mostyn Hanger | 13 May 1971 | 18 July 1977 | 6 years, 66 days | Died 11 August 1980 | ||
Charles Wanstall | 19 July 1977 | 17 February 1982 | 4 years, 213 days | Died 17 October 1999 | ||
Walter Campbell | 18 February 1982 | 7 July 1985 | 3 years, 139 days | Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 4 September 2004 | ||
Dormer Andrews | 8 July 1985 | 7 April 1989 | 3 years, 273 days | Died 28 July 2004 | ||
John Macrossan [b] | 10 April 1989 | 16 February 1998 | 8 years, 312 days | Died 5 August 2008 | ||
Paul de Jersey | 17 February 1998 | 8 July 2014 | 16 years, 141 days | Appointed Governor of Queensland | ||
Tim Carmody | 8 July 2014 | 1 July 2015 | 358 days | Chief Magistrate, Magistrates Court (2013-2014) Judge, District Court (Qld) (2013-2014) Judge, Family Court of Australia (2003-2008) |
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Catherine Holmes | 11 September 2015 | 19 March 2022 | 6 years, 189 days | [5] | ||
Helen Bowskill | 19 March 2022 | 2 years, 153 days | ||||
Acting Chief Justice | Hugh Fraser | 1 July 2015 | 24 July 2015 | 23 days | ||
President, Court of Appeal | Tony Fitzgerald | 16 December 1991 | 30 June 1998 | 6 years, 196 days | ||
Margaret McMurdo [c] | 30 July 1998 | 24 March 2017 | 18 years, 237 days | |||
Walter Sofronoff | 3 April 2017 | 20 May 2022 | 7 years, 138 days | |||
Debra Mullins | 20 May 2022 | 2 years, 91 days | ||||
Judge of Appeal | Cecil Pincus | 16 January 1991 | 3 March 2001 | 10 years, 46 days | Died 16 October 2014 | |
Bruce McPherson | 12 December 1991 | 23 September 2006 | 14 years, 285 days | Died 7 October 2013 | ||
Geoffrey Davies | 16 December 1991 | 11 February 2005 | 13 years, 57 days | |||
James Thomas | 30 July 1998 | 22 March 2002 | 3 years, 235 days | |||
Glen Williams | 14 December 2000 | 23 January 2008 | 7 years, 40 days | |||
Catherine Holmes | 26 May 2006 | 10 September 2015 | 9 years, 107 days | [5][6] | ||
John Muir | 12 July 2007 | 27 December 2014 | 7 years, 168 days | Died 10 February 2018 | ||
Hugh Fraser | 25 January 2008 | 16 July 2022 | 14 years, 172 days | |||
Margaret White | 15 April 2010 | 3 June 2013 | 3 years, 49 days | |||
Robert Gotterson AO | 27 April 2012 | 28 December 2019 | 7 years, 245 days | |||
Phillip Morrison | 1 August 2013 | 11 years, 18 days | ||||
Anthe Philippides | 18 December 2014 | 23 April 2021 | 6 years, 130 days | President of the Land Appeal Court, Judge and President of the Mental Health Court [7] |
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Philip McMurdo [c] | 24 November 2015 | 8 years, 269 days | ||||
John Bond | 27 April 2021 | 3 years, 114 days | ||||
Jean Dalton | 21 May 2022 | 2 years, 90 days | ||||
Peter Flanagan | 16 July 2022 | 2 years, 34 days | ||||
Additional Judge of Appeal | Margaret Wilson | 10 February 2011 | 2012 | 1 year | [8] | |
Senior Puisne Judge [d] | Pope Cooper | October 1895 | 20 October 1903 | 7 years, 354 days | Appointed Chief Justice | |
Patrick Real | 13 November 1903 | 31 March 1922 [a] | 18 years, 138 days | Died 10 June 1928 | ||
Hugh Macrossan [b] | 1 December 1926 | 17 May 1940 | 13 years, 168 days | Died in office | ||
William Webb | 17 May 1940 | 26 June 1940 | 40 days | Appointed to the High Court, died 11 August 1972 | ||
Neal Macrossan [b] | 1 July 1940 | 22 April 1946 | 5 years, 295 days | Died in office | ||
Alan Mansfield | 20 March 1947 | 8 February 1956 | 8 years, 325 days | Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 17 July 1980 | ||
Roslyn Philp | 9 February 1956 | 19 March 1965 | 9 years, 38 days | Died in office | ||
Joseph Sheehy | 15 April 1965 | 14 April 1970 | 4 years, 364 days | Died 22 September 1971 | ||
Mostyn Hanger | 15 April 1970 | 12 May 1971 | 1 year, 27 days | Died 11 August 1980 | ||
Norton Stable | 19 July 1977 | 22 October 1979 | 2 years, 95 days | Died 12 May 1989 | ||
Geoffrey Lucas | 15 November 1979 | 17 February 1982 | 2 years, 94 days | Died 28 November 1992 | ||
Dormer Andrews | 18 February 1982 | 7 July 1985 | 3 years, 139 days | Died 28 July 2004 | ||
Jack Kelly | 8 July 1985 | 24 September 1990 | 5 years, 78 days | Died 20 April 1999 | ||
Bruce McPherson | 25 September 1990 | 11 December 1991 | 1 year, 77 days | Died 7 October 2013 | ||
Martin Moynihan | 16 December 1991 | 24 August 2007 | 15 years, 251 days | Died 2 April 2017 | ||
Senior Judge Administrator [d] | John Byrne | 24 August 2007 | 23 August 2017 | 9 years, 364 days | ||
Ann Lyons | 24 August 2017 | 23 August 2021 | 3 years, 364 days | |||
Helen Bowskill | 24 August 2021 | 18 March 2022 | 206 days | |||
Glenn Martin | 18 March 2022 | 0 days | ||||
Judge at Moreton Bay [e] | Samuel Milford | 21 January 1856 | 14 February 1859 | 3 years, 24 days | [11] | |
Alfred Lutwyche | 15 February 1859 | 7 August 1861 | 2 years, 173 days | Appointed first judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland. | [12] | |
Judge | Alfred Lutwyche | 7 August 1861 | 12 June 1880 | 18 years, 310 days | Previously resident judge at Moreton Bay. Died in office | [12] |
Edmund Sheppard | 17 July 1874 | 22 December 1882 | 8 years, 158 days | Died in office | ||
Charles Lilley | 4 July 1874 | 13 March 1893 | 18 years, 252 days | Died 20 August 1897 | ||
George Harding | 14 July 1879 | 31 August 1885 | 6 years, 48 days | Died in office | ||
Ratcliffe Pring | 11 November 1880 | 25 March 1885 | 4 years, 134 days | Died in office | ||
Pope Cooper | 5 January 1883 | 31 March 1922 [a] | 39 years, 85 days | Died 30 August 1923 | ||
Charles Mein | 17 April 1885 | 30 June 1890 | 5 years, 74 days | Died in office | ||
Charles Chubb | 2 December 1889 | 31 March 1922 [a] | 32 years, 119 days | Died 27 February 1930 | ||
Patrick Real | 18 July 1890 | 31 March 1922 [a] | 31 years, 256 days | Died 10 June 1928 | ||
Virgil Power | 20 December 1895 | 20 December 1910 | 15 years, 0 days | Died 2 June 1914 | ||
William Shand | 3 November 1908 | 30 June 1925 | 16 years, 239 days | Died 4 March 1942 | ||
Lionel Lukin | 26 July 1910 | 18 July 1926 | 15 years, 357 days | Subsequently appointed to the Federal Court of Bankruptcy, died 1 June 1944 | ||
Thomas McCawley | 12 October 1917 | 16 April 1925 | 7 years, 186 days | Died in office | ||
James Blair | 1 April 1922 | 16 May 1940 | 18 years, 45 days | Died 18 November 1944 | ||
Allan MacNaughton | 1 April 1922 | 21 March 1929 | 6 years, 354 days | Died 8 May 1937 | ||
Charles Jameson | 1 April 1922 | 16 December 1922 | 259 days | Died 28 June 1936 | ||
Thomas O'Sullivan | 1 April 1922 | 15 December 1926 | 4 years, 258 days | Died 22 February 1953 | ||
Robert Douglas | 24 January 1923 | 13 April 1953 | 30 years, 79 days | Died 24 December 1972 | ||
William Webb | 24 April 1925 | 15 May 1946 | 21 years, 21 days | Appointed to the High Court, died 11 August 1972 | ||
Frank Brennan | 1 July 1925 | 6 August 1949 | 24 years, 36 days | Died in office | ||
Hugh Macrossan [b] | 23 July 1926 | 23 June 1940 | 13 years, 336 days | Died in office | ||
John Woolcock | 1 February 1927 | 18 January 1929 | 1 year, 352 days | Died in office | ||
Charles Stumm | 6 February 1929 | 28 February 1929 | 22 days | Died in office | ||
Edward Douglas | 22 March 1929 | 27 August 1947 | 18 years, 158 days | Died in office | ||
Hereward Henchman | 5 March 1929 | 25 April 1939 | 10 years, 51 days | Died in office | ||
Roslyn Philp | 4 May 1939 | 19 March 1965 | 25 years, 319 days | Died in office | ||
Alan Mansfield | 17 May 1940 | 21 February 1966 | 25 years, 280 days | Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 17 July 1980 | ||
Neal Macrossan [b] | 27 June 1940 | 30 December 1955 | 15 years, 186 days | Died in office | ||
Benjamin Matthews | 25 April 1946 | 21 December 1961 | 15 years, 240 days | Died 5 June 1974 | ||
Edwin Stanley | 6 February 1947 | 30 October 1964 | 17 years, 267 days | Died 23 May 1993 | ||
Joseph Sheehy | 2 September 1947 | 14 April 1970 | 22 years, 224 days | Died 22 September 1971 | ||
Kenneth Townley | 8 August 1949 | 30 July 1962 | 12 years, 356 days | Died 28 August 1981 | ||
William Mack | 20 July 1950 | 12 May 1971 | 20 years, 296 days | Died 26 July 1979 | ||
Thomas O'Hagan | 16 October 1952 | 18 July 1958 | 5 years, 275 days | Died in office | ||
Thomas Barry | 20 November 1952 | 3 February 1955 | 2 years, 75 days | Died 20 October 1970 | ||
Mostyn Hanger | 23 July 1953 | 18 July 1977 | 23 years, 360 days | Died 11 August 1980 | ||
Leslie Brown | 10 February 1955 | 12 December 1961 | 6 years, 305 days | Died in office | ||
Bernard Jeffriess | 2 February 1956 | 10 July 1965 | 9 years, 158 days | Died 16 November 1969 | ||
Charles Wanstall | 27 February 1958 | 17 February 1982 | 23 years, 355 days | Died 17 October 1999 | ||
Norton Stable | 24 July 1958 | 22 October 1979 | 21 years, 90 days | Died 12 May 1989 | ||
Harry Gibbs | 8 June 1961 | 24 June 1967 | 6 years, 16 days | Appointed to the Federal Court of Bankruptcy, then High Court of Australia in 1970, including as Chief Justice of Australia 1981. Died 25 June 2005 | ||
Russell Skerman | 9 August 1962 | 21 September 1973 | 11 years, 43 days | Died 24 February 1983 | ||
Geoffrey Lucas | 18 November 1963 | 17 February 1982 | 18 years, 91 days | Died 23 November 1992 | ||
Graham Hart | 11 February 1963 | 18 April 1974 | 11 years, 66 days | Died in office | ||
James Douglas | 11 February 1965 | 2 February 1984 | 18 years, 356 days | Died in office | ||
Douglas Campbell | 11 February 1965 | 4 August 1985 | 20 years, 174 days | Died 12 July 2003 | ||
Marcus Hoare | 12 May 1966 | 3 March 1980 | 13 years, 296 days | Died 11 July 1999 | ||
Walter Campbell | 1 August 1967 | 7 July 1985 | 17 years, 340 days | Appointed Governor of Queensland, died 4 September 2004 | ||
Ronald Matthews | 14 August 1967 | 10 February 1989 | 21 years, 180 days | Died 2 July 1998 | ||
George Kneipp | 6 November 1969 | 13 November 1992 | 23 years, 7 days | Died 15 February 1993 | ||
Dormer Andrews | 13 May 1971 | 7 April 1989 | 17 years, 329 days | Died 28 July 2004 | ||
Edward Williams | 13 May 1971 | 17 February 1984 | 12 years, 280 days | Died 10 January 1999 | ||
Jack Kelly | 25 September 1973 | 24 September 1990 | 16 years, 364 days | Died 20 April 1999 | ||
James Dunn | 30 April 1974 | 29 March 1983 | 8 years, 333 days | Died in office | ||
Charles Sheahan | 20 January 1977 | 25 January 1985 | 8 years, 5 days | Died 30 November 1997 | ||
Peter Connolly | 31 October 1977 | 29 September 1990 | 12 years, 333 days | Died 3 May 2009 | ||
Alan Demack | 16 January 1978 | 19 May 2000 | 22 years, 124 days | |||
John Macrossan [b] | 4 February 1980 | 16 February 1998 | 8 years, 312 days | Died 5 August 2008 | ||
Bruce McPherson | 28 January 1982 | 23 September 2006 | 24 years, 238 days | Died 7 October 2013 | ||
Glen Williams | 3 December 1982 | 23 January 2008 | 25 years, 51 days | |||
Desmond Derrington | 3 December 1982 | 4 April 2000 | 17 years, 123 days | |||
James Thomas | 18 February 1982 | 22 March 2002 | 20 years, 32 days | |||
Tom Shepherdson | 18 February 1982 | 10 March 2000 | 18 years, 21 days | Died 27 October 2015 | ||
William Carter | 12 May 1983 | 31 May 1990 | 7 years, 19 days | |||
Kevin Ryan | 13 February 1984 | 15 April 1994 | 10 years, 61 days | Died 18 November 2009 | ||
Angelo Vasta | 13 February 1984 | 8 June 1989 | 5 years, 115 days | Removed from office by Parliament. Died 29 September 2021 | [13][14] | |
Martin Moynihan | 13 February 1984 | 24 August 2007 | 23 years, 192 days | Died 2 April 2017 | ||
Paul de Jersey | 4 February 1985 | 8 July 2014 | 29 years, 154 days | Appointed Governor of Queensland | ||
John Dowsett | 29 July 1985 | 13 September 1998 | 13 years, 46 days | Appointed to the Federal Court | ||
Brian Ambrose | 8 July 1985 | 11 September 2003 | 18 years, 65 days | Died 31 December 2015 | ||
Richard Cooper | 2 February 1989 | 30 March 1992 | 3 years, 57 days | Appointed to the Federal Court, died 15 March 2005 | ||
William Lee | 20 February 1989 | 30 April 1999 | 10 years, 69 days | |||
Kenneth Mackenzie | 10 April 1989 | 8 December 2008 | 19 years, 242 days | [15] | ||
John Byrne | 25 July 1989 | 23 August 2017 | 28 years, 29 days | |||
Margaret White | 2 April 1992 | 3 June 2013 | 21 years, 62 days | |||
Susan Kiefel | 16 June 1993 | 16 October 1994 | 1 year, 122 days | Appointed to the Federal Court | ||
Henry George Fryberg | 23 September 1994 | 28 November 2013 | 19 years, 66 days | [16] | ||
John Helman | 16 December 1994 | 1 July 2007 | 12 years, 197 days | |||
John Muir | 4 April 1997 | 27 December 2014 | 17 years, 267 days | Died 10 February 2018 | ||
Stanley Jones AO | 2 October 1997 | 9 September 2011 | 13 years, 342 days | [17] | ||
Margaret Wilson | 21 August 1998 | 11 April 2014 | 15 years, 233 days | [8] | ||
Roslyn Atkinson AO | 3 September 1998 | 29 November 2018 | 20 years, 87 days | Chair, Law Reform Commission | ||
Anthe Philippides | 14 December 2000 | 23 years, 249 days | President, Land Appeal Court Judge and President, Mental Health Court |
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Catherine Holmes | 16 March 2000 | 24 years, 156 days | Judge, Mental Health Court (2000–04) Acting Judge, District Court (Qld) (1999) |
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Debra Mullins | 16 March 2000 | 24 years, 156 days | Criminal List Judge | |||
Peter Dutney | 16 March 2000 | 4 September 2009 | 9 years, 172 days | Died in office | ||
James Douglas | 27 November 2003 | 20 years, 266 days | ||||
Philip McMurdo [c] | 3 March 2003 | 21 years, 169 days | ||||
Ann Lyons | 7 July 2006 | 18 years, 43 days | ||||
Duncan McMeekin | 15 October 2007 | 23 April 2018 | 10 years, 190 days | (Central Judge, Rockhampton) Land Appeal Court (Central Division) |
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Martin Daubney AM | 13 July 2007 | 17 years, 37 days | President QCAT (2017-) | |||
Glenn Martin AM | 30 August 2007 | 16 years, 355 days | ||||
Peter Applegarth | 28 August 2008 | 15 years, 357 days | ||||
Alan Wilson | 27 October 2009 | 27 March 2015 | 5 years, 151 days | President, QCAT (2009-2013) | ||
David Boddice | 2 July 2010 | 14 years, 48 days | ||||
Jean Dalton | 25 February 2011 | 13 years, 176 days | Mental Health Court | |||
David North | 18 July 2011 | 13 years, 32 days | (Northern Judge Townsville) Mental Health Court | |||
David Thomas | 18 July 2011 | 28 June 2017 | 5 years, 345 days | (Northern Judge Townsville) President Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal QCAT (2013 – 2017) President Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2017) appointed as a Judge of the Federal Court |
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James Henry | 12 September 2011 | 12 years, 342 days | (Far North, Cairns), Land Appeal Court (Far Northern Division) | [18] | ||
David Jackson | 8 October 2012 | 11 years, 316 days | ||||
Martin Burns | 18 December 2014 | 9 years, 245 days | ||||
Peter Flanagan | 27 July 2014 | 10 years, 23 days | ||||
Tim Carmody | 8 July 2014 | 10 years, 42 days | Chief Magistrate, Magistrates Court (2013-2014) Judge, District Court (Qld) (2013-2014) Judge, Family Court of Australia (2003-2008) |
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John Bond | 19 March 2015 | 9 years, 153 days | ||||
Susan Brown | 16 December 2016 | 7 years, 247 days | ||||
Peter Davis | 16 October 2017 | 6 years, 308 days | ||||
Helen Bowskill | 10 July 2017 | 7 years, 40 days | Judge, District Court (Qld) (2014-2017) | |||
Graeme Crow | 26 February 2018 | 6 years, 175 days | (Central Judge, Rockhampton) | |||
Soraya Ryan | 9 March 2018 | 6 years, 163 days | ||||
Elizabeth Wilson | 3 December 2018 | 5 years, 260 days | [19] | |||
Thomas Bradley | 3 December 2018 | 5 years, 260 days | [19] |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Pope Cooper, Patrick Real and Charles Chubb were compulsorily retired as a result of the Judges Retirement Act 1921 (Qld),[3][4]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Brothers Hugh and Neal Macrossan as well as their nephew John Macrossan were all appointed Chief Justice
- ^ a b c Philip McMurdo is the husband of Margaret McMurdo, the former President of the Court of Appeal.
- ^ a b In 1995 the position of Senior Puisne Judge was renamed Senior Judge Administrator.[9]
- ^ Prior to the separation of the Moreton Bay district of New South Wales into the independent colony of Queensland, the Supreme Court of New South Wales was the superior court in the District. A judge was resident at Moreton Bay from 1856 and a local division of the court, named the Supreme Court at Moreton Bay, was established in 1857,[10] and existed until the Supreme Court of Queensland was created in 1861.
References
[edit]- ^ "Judges". Supreme Court (Qld). Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Judicial profiles". Supreme Court Library (Qld). Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ McPherson, BH (1989). The Supreme Court of Queensland 1859-1960. Butterworths. pp. 287–291 & 299–305. ISBN 0409494445.
- ^ Aroney, N. "Politics, Law and the Constitution in McCawley's Case". (2006) 30(3) Melbourne University Law Review 605.
- ^ a b c "Attorney-General's comments at the swearing in of Chief Justice Catherine Holmes". Qld.gov.au. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Swearing in of the Hon Justice Catherine Holmes as a Judge of Appeal" (PDF). 26 May 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2018. [2006] Queensland Judicial Scholarship 35.
- ^ https://www.sclqld.org.au/judicial-papers/judicial-profiles/profiles/aiphilippides
- ^ a b "Wilson, Margaret". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 1995 (Qld).
- ^ Moreton Bay Supreme Court Act 1857 (NSW)
- ^ "Samuel Frederick Milford". NSW State Archives & Records.
- ^ a b Howell, P.A. "Lutwyche, Alfred James (1810–1880)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
- ^ Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee. "Honourable Angelo Vasta (Reversal of Removal) Bill 2017" (PDF). Parliament.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ Publisher, Online News (29 September 2021). "former judge Angelo Vasta dies". Herbert River Online News. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "The Honourable Kenneth Mackenzie QC". Supreme Court Library, Queensland. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ de Jersey, The Honourable Paul. "Speech delivered at the valedictory ceremony upon the retirement of the Honourable Justice H G Fryberg" (PDF). [2013] Queensland Judicial Scholarship 46.
- ^ "Judicial profiles". Supreme Court Library (Qld). Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Swearing-In of Mr James Dawson Henry S.C." Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ a b Holmes, The Hon Chief Justice Catherine. "Welcome ceremony for the Hon Justice Elizabeth Wilson and the Hon Thomas Bradley as Judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland" (PDF). [2019] Queensland Judicial Scholarship 2