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  • AUSTRALIA’S JUDICIAL ASSOCIATION ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT: 10 October 2018

    Oct 10, 18 • Latest news • Comments Off on AUSTRALIA’S JUDICIAL ASSOCIATION ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT: 10 October 2018

    At its annual colloquium in Melbourne last weekend, the Judicial Conference of Australia elected a new President, Justice Judith Kelly of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory and Vice President, Justice Glenn Martin of the Supreme Court of Queensland.   Justice Judith Kelly noted with concern observations made by Judge Robyn Tupman of the [&hellip...

  • AUSTRALIA’S JUDICIAL ASSOCIATION STATES ITS POSITION ON RESTRUCTURE OF THE FAMILY AND FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURTS: 31 August 2018

    Aug 31, 18 • Latest news • Comments Off on AUSTRALIA’S JUDICIAL ASSOCIATION STATES ITS POSITION ON RESTRUCTURE OF THE FAMILY AND FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURTS: 31 August 2018

    Today, the President of the Judicial Conference of Australia, Justice Robert Beech-Jones, reiterated the JCA’s position in relation to the Federal Government’s proposal to restructure the Family Court and the Federal Circuit Court. The legislation giving effect to that proposal was introduced into Federal Parliament on 23 August and referred to a Senate Committee on [&hellip...

  • JCA Colloquium 2018

    Jun 25, 18 • Latest news • Comments Off on JCA Colloquium 2018

    Registrations for the 2018 JCA Colloquium are now open! Click here to register online...

  • JUDGES SHOULD NOT BE IN THE CROSSFIRE OF DEBATE OVER COURT RESTRUCTURE: 4 June 2018

    Jun 4, 18 • Latest news • Comments Off on JUDGES SHOULD NOT BE IN THE CROSSFIRE OF DEBATE OVER COURT RESTRUCTURE: 4 June 2018

    The President of the JCA, Justice Robert Beech-Jones, has expressed concern that the current debate about the proposed restructure of the Family Court and the Federal Circuit Court has included unfounded criticism of the performance of individual judges and groups of judges. “Generally, an assessment of the merits of the proposed restructure is a policy [&hellip...

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE AUSTRALIAN: 22 March 2018

    Mar 23, 18 • Latest news • Comments Off on LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE AUSTRALIAN: 22 March 2018

    A letter was sent on behalf of the President of the JCA, Justice Robert Beech-Jones, to the Editor of The Australian in response to the article “Don’t quarantine judges from criticism” published on page 2 of that newspaper on 20 March 2018. Part of this letter was published in the newspaper on 22 March 2018. [&hellip...

  • VICTORIAN MAGISTRATE MISREPORTED & UNFAIRLY CRITICISED: 9 February 2018

    Feb 9, 18 • Latest news • Comments Off on VICTORIAN MAGISTRATE MISREPORTED & UNFAIRLY CRITICISED: 9 February 2018

    The President of the Judicial Conference of Australia, Justice Robert Beech-Jones, has expressed concern over the recent reporting and criticism of a Victorian Magistrate’s reasons for granting bail. On 1 February 2018 a Victorian Magistrate determined to grant bail to a person charged with culpable driving causing death. In giving reasons for his decision, the [&hellip...

  • JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES SHOULD NOT BE COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN POLITICAL DISPUTE: 11 January 2018

    Jan 11, 18 • Latest news • Comments Off on JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES SHOULD NOT BE COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN POLITICAL DISPUTE: 11 January 2018

    The President of the JCA, Justice Robert Beech-Jones, has expressed concern over the repeated personal attacks on judges and magistrates in Victoria that are occurring as part of the political dispute between the Federal and Victorian governments over law and order in that State. “The appropriate policing and legislative response to concerns over these issues [&hellip...

  • INACCURATE REPORTING OF JUDGE’S SENTENCING REASONS: 30 November 2017

    Nov 29, 17 • Latest news • Comments Off on INACCURATE REPORTING OF JUDGE’S SENTENCING REASONS: 30 November 2017

    The JCA has written to the Editor of Melbourne’s Sunday Herald-Sun pointing out three aspects of the newspaper’s misreporting of a County Court judge’s reasons for sentence which resulted in the paper’s readers being significantly misled.  To read the JCA’s letter and the judge’s reasons for sentence click here...

  • ATTACK ON SOUTHPORT MAGISTRATE IS UNFAIR AND LUDICROUS: 15 November 2017

    Nov 15, 17 • Latest news • Comments Off on ATTACK ON SOUTHPORT MAGISTRATE IS UNFAIR AND LUDICROUS: 15 November 2017

    A Queensland magistrate has been blamed for the current crimes of a violent offender because five years ago she allegedly handed down a soft sentence to that offender. Justice Robert Beech-Jones, the President of the Judicial Conference of Australia, the judges’ and magistrates’ professional association, has condemned this attack in the Courier-Mail of November 15 [&hellip...

  • SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THREAT TO INDEPENDENCE OF POLAND’S JUDGES: 21 July 2017

    Jul 22, 17 • Latest news • Comments Off on SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THREAT TO INDEPENDENCE OF POLAND’S JUDGES: 21 July 2017

    The JCA has issued the following media release: Poland’s judges under serious threat to their independence Australia’s association of judges and magistrates, the Judicial Conference of Australia (JCA), has today expressed deep concerns about developments in Poland affecting the independence of its judges. Last week Poland’s parliament amended the law dealing with the selection of [&hellip...

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  • UNFOUNDED CRITICISM OF JUDGES’ DECISIONS IGNORES ESSENTIAL FACTS: 15 November 2019
  • RESPONSE TO SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST A JUDGE: 27 February 2019
  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE AUSTRALIAN: 27 February 2019
  • COMMENTS ON JUDGE’S SENTENCING DECISION ARE WRONG: 19 February 2019
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