Peter Quinlan

The Honorable Chief Justice
Peter Quinlan
SC
Chief Justice of Western Australia
Assumed office
13 August 2018[1][2]
Preceded by Wayne Martin
Solicitor General of Western Australia
Assumed office
1 July 2016
Preceded by Grant Donaldson[3]

Peter Damien Quinlan SC is the Chief Justice of Western Australia. His appointment was announced on 1 August 2018,[4] and took effect on 13 August.[1][2] He has been the Solicitor General of Western Australia since 2016.[5]

Quinlan attended John XXIII College[6]:10:42/10:46 before studied commerce and law at the University of Western Australia; he won the HCF Keall Prize for best final year student. He worked in the Crown Solicitor's Office from 1993 to 1995 as an assistant to the Solicitor General, then again from 1996 working in constitutional and administrative law.[3]

In 2001 Quinlan commenced practising as a barrister. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2010, and was president of the WA Bar Association from 2012 to 2015. He was appointed as Solicitor General of Western Australia on 1 July 2016.[3] He has also served as director of the Law Council of Australia, and on the board of governors for the University of Notre Dame.[3][7]

Personal life

Quinlan is married with five children.[4]

He is the great great grandson of a convict transportee, Daniel Connor.[6]:09:54/10:20

References

  1. 1 2 "Peter Quinlan named new WA chief justice". Yahoo!7. 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  2. 1 2 Michael Pelly (2018-08-02). "No justice with news of chief justice Peter Quinlan". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "New Solicitor-General appointed". Government of Western Australia. 2016-06-22. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  4. 1 2 Tim Clarke (2018-08-01). "New court chief's aim is justice for all". The West Australian. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  5. ↑ Jerome Doraisamy (2018-08-01). "Western Australia Attorney-General John Quigley has named the next top judge for Australia's Wildflower State". Lawyers Weekly. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  6. 1 2 Welcome Ceremony for the Hon Justice Peter Quinlan, Chief Justice of Western Australia (AVI). Supreme Court of Western Australia. 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  7. ↑ "The Law Society of Western Australia congratulates Peter Quinlan SC on his appointment as the 14th Chief Justice of Western Australia". The Law Society of Western Australia. 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Wayne Martin		 Chief Justice of Western Australia
2018 -		 Succeeded by
Incumbent



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