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FROM THE EDITOR
New Year,
New Opportunities
MICHAEL ESPOSITO, EDITOR
Happy New Year to all. For most of
you, the Christmas holidays are but a
distant memory as the routine of work sets
in but I hope the break has left you energised
and enthusiastic about the year ahead.
Following the success of last year’s event,
the Law Society is inviting Members to
celebrate the “Happy New Legal Year” at
Adelaide Oval on 8 February. While the
working year has already well and truly
started for many, the event is a great opportunity
to catch up with peers and reflect
on the important role that practitioners
play in society and to pledge a commitment
to uphold the principles of fairness that
underpins the practice of law.
It will also be an opportunity to meet the
Society’s new President, Tim Mellor, who
in his inaugural President’s Message for the
Bulletin outlines the Society’s key priorities
in the lead-up to the State election next
month.
Most political parties have responded to
our key election policy issues. A summary
of those responses is in this Bulletin and
the full responses will be available to Members
via a special Advocacy Notes newsletter
and via the Law Society website.
contributions to the law, including as
Counsel Assisting in the in the Children in
State Care Commission of Inquiry headed
by Justice Ted Mullighan QC, as Counsel
Assisting the Board of Inquiry into the
conviction of David Eastman for the
murder of Colin Winchester, and as head
of a review of South Australia’s rape and
sexual assault laws, leading to significant
changes to the state’s Evidence Act and
Criminal Law Consolidation Act.
Judge Chapman began her work as an
Associate to Justice Duggan in in 1994.
She has since worked with the Crown
Solicitor’s Office, as a Crown Prosecutor,
and in 2005 signed the Bar roll before
taking silk in 2010.
Her Honour has also been involved in the
Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal
the Sentencing Advisory Council, and
Australian New Zealand Forensic Science
Society
On 7 November, His Honour Judge
Steven Dolphin was appointed President of
the South Australian Employment Tribunal
(SAET), replacing His Honour President
Senior Judge Peter McCusker who retired
on 31 October 2017.
Judge Dolphin was appointed as Deputy
President of SAET in 2015 and became a
Judge of the District Court on 1 July 2017.
He has had an extensive legal career
in industrial relations and workers
compensation and has been heavily
involved with the Law Society, including
as Chair of the Industrial Relations
Committee.
Judge Dolphin’s previous role has been
filled by Margaret Kelly, who on 19
December 2017 was appointed a Judge of
the District Court and Deputy President of
the SAET.
Judge Kelly, a former President of the
Law Society, has extensive experience in
worker’s compensation, personal injury,
insurance and industrial law. B
SOCIETY COMMENDS NEW JUDICIAL
APPOINTMENTS
The Law Society congratulates a number
of recent appointees to South Australian
Courts.
On 31 October 2017, Her Honour Liesl
Chapman SC was appointed as a Judge of
the District Court
At the Special Sitting for Judge
Chapman on 22 November, Her Honour
was described as one of the “standout
prosecutors/criminal barristers of [her]
generation”.
She has made a number of significant
Chief Justice Chris Kourakis with Judge Chapman at her swearing in.
February 2018 THE BULLETIN
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