The Governor-General in Council has appointed His Honour Chief Judge John Henry Pascoe AC, CVO Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia; and Edvard William Alstergren QC Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and a Judge of the Family Court of Australia – each effective 13 October 2017.
Welcome details will be advised as soon as they are known.
It is with deep regret that the Bar Council informs members of the death, believed to have been last Monday 2 October 2017, of Peter John Davis. Peter was just short of his 63rd birthday (born 16 October 1954).
The Profession will extend a Farewell to Her Honour Judge Carolyn Dianne Douglas at a ceremonial sitting of the County Court of Victoria in Court 3-3 of the County Court, 250 William Street Melbourne on Friday 13 October 2017 at 4:00 pm.
There will be a ceremonial sitting of the Family Court of Australia to mark the retirement of the Honourable Chief Justice Diana Bryant AO in Court Room 8A on Level 8 of the Owen Dixon Commonwealth Law Courts Building, 305 William Street, Melbourne on Friday 6 October 2017 at 4:30 pm.
