Speeches

The following is a selection of links to articles, papers and other items which may be of interest to readers.

Ceremonies

Speech delivered on Monday 18 October 2021 by Damien O’Brien QC, for the Welcome Ceremony of her Honour Judge Deborah Holliday QC and her Honour Judge Amanda McConnell

Speech delivered on Tuesday 5 October 2021 by Damien O’Brien QC, for the Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Kerri Mellifont

Speech delivered on Wednesday 23 June 2021 by Catherine Heyworth-Smith QC, for the Welcome Ceremony of Magistrate Eoin Mac Giolla Ri

Speech delivered on Monday 12 April 2021 by Damien O’Brien QC, for the Welcome Ceremony of Deputy Chief Magistrate Anthony Gett

Speech delivered on Friday 2 October 2020 by Michael Eastwood, for the Welcome Ceremony of his Honour Judge Rowan Jackson QC and her Honour Judge Geraldine Dann

Speech delivered on Wednesday 30 September 2020 by David Chesterman, for the Swearing-In Ceremony of Magistrate John Schubert

Speech delivered on Thursday 17 September 2020 by Rebecca Treston QC, for the Welcome Ceremony of his Honour Judge Jeffrey Clarke, his Honour Judge Rowan Jackson QC and her Honour Judge Geraldine Dann

Judicial Speeches and Presentations

The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC, “The role of courts in our society”, LawRight Public Interest Address, Customs House, Brisbane, 25 October 2021

The Honourable Justice Michelle Gordon AC, “Communist Party Case: Core Themes and Legacy”, speech delivered at the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies Constitutional Law Conference, 23 July 2021

The Honourable Justice Michelle Gordon AC, “Legal Aid Commission of New South Wales: Aiding the Individual, the Nation and the Institutions”, speech delivered at the Legal Aid Commission of New South Wales’ Criminal Law Conference, 2 June 2021

The Honourable Justice James Edelman, Lucinda Lecture, Original Constitutional lessons: Marriage, Defence, Juries, and Aliens – Pre-edited version. Edited version to be published: Monash University Law Review (2021) volume 47

The Honourable Justice Jacqueline Gleeson, “Human Dignity in the Time of John Hubert Plunkett”, 10^th Annual JH Plunkett Lecture, Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History, Sydney, 19 August 2021

The Honourable Justice James Edelman and Madeleine Salinger, Chapter in Andrew Dickinson and Edwin Peel (eds), A Conflict Of Laws Companion (Oxford University Press, 17 June 2021)

The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC, “Shaping Legal Minds – the ethical Mind”, Queensland Law Society Symposium, Customs House, Brisbane, 19 March 2021

[Video Recording] Ceremonial sitting to mark the occasion of the Swearing-In of the Honourable Simon Harry Peter Steward as a Justice of the High Court of Australia, 1 December 2020

The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC,  “Legacies of Sir Samuel Griffith”, Sir Samuel Griffith Lecture, Queensland College of Art Lecture Theatre, Griffith University, Brisbane, 17 November 2020

The Honourable Justice Patrick Keane AC, “Too Much Information: Civilisation and the Problems of Privacy”, Whincop Memorial Lecture 2020, Brisbane, 27 August 2020