25 YEARS ON THE QUEENSLAND COURT OF APPEAL

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1 25 YEARS ON THE QUEENSLAND COURT OF APPEAL President Margaret McMurdo AC 1 I gratefully acknowledge the research provided by Brendon Copley, Research and Training Librarian, Supreme Court Library; the research and editing assistance of my Associate, Ms Marryum Kahloon; and the secretarial assistance from my Executive Assistant, Ms Kelly Morseu.

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4 Matthew Foley MLA Member for Yeronga 4

5 this is a time for action. Queensland may thus join with New South Wales and with England in establishing a permanent Court of Appeal which can only operate for the betterment of jurisprudence in Queensland 5

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8 Wayne Goss Premier of Queensland

9 Gerald Edward Tony Fitzgerald QC AC 9

10 Justice Bruce Harvey McPherson CBE 10

11 Justice Cecil William Bill Pincus 11

12 Geoffrey Lance Davies SG QC 12

13 Dean Wells Attorney- General of Queensland

14 Court of Appeal courtroom until August

15 Cases where the Court of Appeal was constituted by five judges include: R v Morrison [1998] QCA 162 Schiliro v Peppercorn Child Care Centres Pty Ltd (No 2) [2000] QCA 18 I & L Securities P/L v HTW Valuers (Bne) P/L [2000] QCA 383 R v Lacey; ex parte A-G (Qld) [2009] QCA

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18 Denver Beanland Attorney-General of Queensland

19 17 th Chief Justice of Queensland Paul de Jersey 19

20 Matthew Foley Attorney-General of Queensland ,

21 Justice James Burrows Thomas AM 21

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24 Queensland Barristers Participating in the Court of Appeal Pro Bono Scheme (as at 30 June 2016) Michael J Byrne QC Carl Heaton QC Kerri Mellifont QC Peter Callaghan SC Andrew Hoare Peter Mylne Anthony W Collins (Tville) Jeffrey Hunter QC Gerard O'Driscoll Michael Copley QC Mark Johnson Colin Reid Graeme Crow QC (R ton) Stephen Keim SC Peter Richards Patrick Cullinane (Mackay) Tony Kimmins Soraya Ryan QC Peter Davis QC Simon Lewis Tim Ryan Ralph Devlin QC Dennis Lynch Joshua Trevino (Cairns) Tracy Fantin (Cairns) Gregory Lynham (Tville) Bret Walker QC Tony Glynn QC Eoin Mac Giolla Ri Neville Weston Mark Green Donald MacKenzie Elizabeth Wilson QC John Griffin QC Mark McCarthy Simon Hamlyn-Harris Frank Martin (Toowoomba) 24

25 Justice Glen Norman Williams 25

26 Justice John Alexander Jerrard 26

27 Patrick Anthony Keane SG QC 27

28 Justice Catherine Ena Holmes 28

29 Justice John Daniel Murray Muir 29

30 Hugh Barron Fraser QC 30

31 Justice Richard Noel Chesterman RFD 31

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33 Justice Margaret Jean White 33

34 Justice Margaret Anne Wilson Additional Judge of Appeal:

35 Robert William Gotterson QC 35

36 Court of Appeal courtroom since August

37 Philip Hugh Morrison QC 37

38 Justice Anthe Ioanna Philippides 38

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41 Justice Philip Donald McMurdo 41

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43 Chief Justices and Trial Division Judges acting as additional Judges of Appeal Macrossan CJ Ambrose J Demack J Jones J North J De Jersey CJ Applegarth J Derrington J Kiefel J Shepherdson J Carmody CJ Atkinson J Douglas J Lee J Thomas J Holmes CJ Boddice J Dowsett J Lyons A J Wilson J Bond J Dutney J Lyons P J Burns J Flanagan J Mackenzie J Byrne J Fryberg J Martin J Cullinane J Helman J McMeekin J Dalton J Henry J Moynihan J Daubney J Jackson J Mullins J 43

44 Andrea Suthers Bruce Godfrey 44

45 Deputy Registrar (Appeals) and those acting in the role Jo Sherman Alison Stanfield Robyn Hill Maree Leishmann Neville Greig Neil Hansen Peter O Sullivan Jason Schubert Tracey Dutton Janette Conway 45

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47 Clearance Rate Criminal Matters: % Civil Matters: % 47

48 Queensland Court of Appeal (2015/2016) Matters Disposed Special Leave Special Leave Appeals Applications Filed Applications Granted Allowed* Criminal Civil Total * The appeals decided by the High Court in the reporting period are not necessarily the same matters in which special leave to appeal was granted. 48

49 THE NEXT 25 YEARS TIMELY AND EQUAL JUSTICE ACCORDING TO LAW 49

Queensland Legal year in review

YEAR IN REVIEW Page 15 Queensland Legal year in review January 1 Ian Brown commenced his term as president of Queensland Law Society with Michael Fitzgerald as vice president. 13 New regional magistrates,