Английская Википедия:Helen Murrell
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Helen Gay Murrell Шаблон:Post-nominals is an Australian lawyer and judge who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory.[1]
She is the first woman to be appointed Chief Justice.[2][3][4]
Early life
Murrell grew up in Seaforth, New South Wales.[5]
She then studied at the University of New South Wales and graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws.[1][4]
Career
Murrell was admitted to practise in 1977.[2]
She first worked at the Commonwealth Crown Solicitor's Office and then at Legal Aid NSW.[2][4]
In 1981, Murrell was called to the bar and was appointed senior counsel in 1995.[1][2][4] She also attended the University of Sydney and graduated with a Diploma of Criminology.[1][4]
In 1996, she was appointed a Judge of the District Court of New South Wales.[2][3][4] She was also an Acting Judge in the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales during this year.[1][4]
She served as President of the NSW Equal Opportunity Tribunal and as Deputy President of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal of New South Wales from 1997 to 1999.[1][2][3][4]
In 1998, Murell was involved in establishing the Drug Court of New South Wales.[2][3][4] She was the first Senior Judge of that court and served until 2003.[1][4]
In 2005, she was appointed the Deputy Chairperson of the New South Wales Medical Tribunal.
On 12 September 2013, Attorney-General Simon Corbell announced the appointment of Murrell to replace the retiring Chief Justice Terence Higgins.[2][3][4]
Murrell was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory on 28 October 2013 and is the first woman to have been appointed to that role.[1][2][3][4]
She currently also serves on the committee of the National Judicial College of Australia.[1][4]
Murrell retired as Chief Justice in March 2022.[6] She has served as a part-time commissioner of the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption since August 2022.[7]
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