Sandy Street

The Honourable Commander
Alexander Whistler Street
SC
Judge of the Federal Circuit Court
Assumed office
1 January 2015
Personal details
Born Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality  Australia
Mother Lady Susan Street
Father Sir Laurence Street
Relatives Street family
Military service
Allegiance Commonwealth of Australia
Service/branch Royal Australian Navy
Royal Australian Naval Reserve
Rank Commander

Commander Alexander "Sandy" Whistler Street SC is a judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and a member of the Australian naval high-command.[1] He is the fourth consecutive generation of the Street family to serve as a member of the Australian judiciary.

Background

Alexander Whistler Street was born to Commander Sir Laurence Whistler Street and Lady (Susan Gai) Street (née Watt). His father Sir Laurence, grandfather Sir Kenneth Whistler Street and great-grandfather Sir Philip Whistler Street all served as Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governors of New South Wales.[2]

His mother, Lady (Susan Gai) Street (née Watt) was the first wife of Sir Laurence and the first female chair of the Eastern Sydney Health Service (now amalgamated with Illawarra). Street's sister, Justice Sylvia Emmett, is a fellow judge and member of the Australian naval high-command. His brother-in-law, Justice Arthur Emmett is also a federal Australian judge and Challis Lecturer in Roman Law at Sydney Law School.

Career

Street was appointed to the Federal Circuit Court in January 2015 by Australian Attorney-General George Brandis.[3]

Street has come under scrutiny by the Full Bench of the Federal Court of Australia over a case in which he dismissed a cerebral palsy sufferer's claim of discrimination after an airline refused to allow his guide dog on the flight.[3] He has also received criticism from the Full Bench in two successful appeals of his decisions in which he was found to have denied litigants procedural fairness.[4]

Street has been subject to a number of apprehended bias applications, known as ALA15. Statistics were filed in court which revealed Judge Street had heard 256 migration matters between January and June 2017, and had found in favour of the immigration minister in 254 cases.[5]

A report from September 2018 stated that Last month, Federal Circuit Court judge Sandy Street was found by the full Federal Court to have dismissed an asylum-seeker’s case without properly engaging with his arguments and to have denied the man procedural fairness.

Two weeks later, the full Federal Court found he failed to give proper reasons in a case involving an Afghan asylum-seeker, effectively forcing a rehearing."[6]

References

  1. ↑ Hall, Louise (2014-06-15). "Alexander 'Sandy' Street being sued by former mother-in-law". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  2. ↑ Annals of the Street Family History
  3. 1 2 "Judge accused of bias now has airline guide dog ruling overturned". ABC News. 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  4. ↑ "Federal Circuit Court judge accused of bias after rejecting hundreds of migration cases". ABC News. 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  5. ↑ "Judge Street refuses to step aside from migration hearing". ABC News. 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  6. ↑ https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/judge-street-under-fire-again-as-full-court-attacks-rulings/news-story/0f2198a8ac815ca3361d65239550535a



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