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Judicial Speeches and Papers

Chief Justice
Spigelman, CJ

Justices

Allsop P	Hall J	McClellan CJ at CL
Austin, J	Hammerschlag J	McColl JA
Barrett J	Hamilton J	McDougall J
Basten JA	Harrison J	Nicholas J
Beazley JA	Hidden J	Palmer J
Bell, JA	Hislop J	Price J
Bergin, J	Hoeben J	Rein J
Brereton J	Howie J	Rothman J
Buddin J	Ipp JA	Tobias JA
Campbell JA	Johnson J	Whealy J
Einstein, J	Latham J	White J
Fullerton J	Macready AsJ	Young CJ in Equity
Gzell J	McCallum J	175th Anniversary Speeches

Speeches by past Supreme Court Judges

Abadee J	Levine, J	Sheller, JA
Bryson JA	Mason P	Sperling, J
Dowd, J	Meagher JA	Stein JA
Dunford J	Powell JA	Sully J
Handley JA	Santow JA	Wood, J
Heydon JA	Shaw J

Speeches to the Judges

Sir Anthony Mason
Justice Michael Kirby
T E F Hughes AO QC
The Honourable J P Slattery AO QC

Chief Justice Spigelman

30 May 2008	Address On The Retirement Of The Honourable Justice Mason AC
12 March 2008	Legitimate And Spurious Interpretation
11 March 2008	The Application Of Quasi-Constitutional Laws
10 March 2008	The Common Law Bill Of Rights
8 February 2008	Consistency and Sentencing
29 January 2008	Opening Of Law Term Dinner
22 January 2008	Bicentenary Of The Coup Of 1808
21 January 2008	Foundations Of The Rule Of Law In Australia
14 December 2007	Address On The Retirement Of The Honourable Justice G F K Santow AO
14 November 2007	Lions In Conflict: Ellesmere, Bacon And Coke Treason And Unity
24 October 2007	The Significance Of The Integrity System
9 October 2007	Commercial Litigation And Arbitration: New Challenges
5 October 2007	A Guide To Sentencing
31 August 2007	Judicial Appointments and Judicial Independence
10 August 2007	International Commercial Arbitration Conference address
5 July 2007	Address to the Australian Association Of Crown Prosecutors
7 June 2007	International Commercial Litigation: An Asian Perspective
26 May 2007	The Foundation Of Western Shanghai
30 April 2007	Judicial Independence: Purposes And Threats
24 March 2007	Access To Justice And Access To Lawyers
21 March 2007	From Text To Context: Contemporary Contractual Interpretation
16 March 2007	Address To The Conference Celebrating 80 Years Of The Australian Law Journal
28 February 2007	Address On The Occasion Of The Retirement Of The Honourable Justice John Bryson
29 January 2007	Opening Of Law Term Dinner, 2007
15 December 2006	Address On The Retirement Of The Honourable Justice Handley AO
14 November 2006	Lions In Conflict: Ellesmere, Bacon And Coke The Years Of Elizabeth
4 October 2006	Occasional Address - Australian Catholic University Spring Graduation Ceremony
20 September 2006	Shanghai And The West: First Contact
16 September 2006	Measuring Court Performance
31 August 2006	Formal Opening Ceremony, Court Of Criminal Appeal, Bathurst
22 August 2006	Case Management In New South Wales
10 May 2006	Address To Parole Authorities Conference 2006
2 May 2006	Transaction Costs And International Litigation
28 February 2006	Judicial Exchange Between Australia And Japan
30 January 2006	Opening Of Law Term Dinner, 2006
5 November 2005	Sesquicentenary Of The University Of Sydney Address
27 October 2005	The Charles Perkins Memorial Oration 2005
20 October 2005	Formal Opening Ceremony - Court of Criminal Appeal at Albury
20 September 2005	The Principle of Open Justice: A Comparative Perspective
14 September 2005	Negligence: Is Recovery for Personal Injury too Generous?
8 September 2005	Judicial Review and the Integrity Branch of Government Address
31 August 2005	Address on the Retirement of the Honourable James Wood AO
26 July 2005	Statutory Interpretation and Human Rights. Address to the...
1 June 2005	The internet and the right to a fair trial. Address to the...
29 April 2005	Address on the Retirement of the Honourable Justice Sheller
15 April 2005	Occasional Address Faculty of Law Graduation Ceremony University of NSW
18 March 2005	The Principle of Legality and the Clear Statement Principle
31 January 2005	Opening of Law Term Dinner 2005
29 October 2004	Occasional Address - Graduation Ceremony: Policing Studies - Charles Sturt University
28 October 2004	Federal Law Review - 40th Anniversary Dinner
28 October 2004	Blackstone, Burke Bentham and the Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) - Keynote Address 9th International Criminal Law Congress.
14 September 2004	The New Liability Structure in Australia - Swiss Re Liability Conference
2 September 2004	Integrity and Privative Clauses - The Third Lecture in the 2004 National Lecture Series
24 August 2004	Formal Opening Ceremony Court of Criminal Appeal, Lismore
15 August 2004	Victory in the Pacific Commemoration Service
5 August 2004	Jurisdiction And Integrity - The Second Lecture In The 2004 National Lecture Series
6 July 2004	Tort Law Reform In Australia - Address To The London Market At Lloyd's
16 June 2004	Tort Law Reform In Australia - Address To The Anglo-Australian Lawyers Society & The British Insurance Law Association
28 May 2004	Occasional Address - Law Graduation Ceremony - University of Sydney
29 April 2004	The Integrity Branch of Government - The First Lecture in the 2004 National Lecture Series for the Australian Institute of Administrative Law.
15 March 2004	Address on the Occasion of the Retirement of the Honourable Justice R P Meagher
21 February 2004	Our Common Law Heritage - Address to the 2004 Joint Study Institute of Law Librarians
02 February 2004	Opening of Law Term Dinner, 2004
19 December 2003	Address at the Closing Ceremony of the Compensation Court of New South Wales
28 November 2003	Open Justice and the Internet - The Law via the Internet 2003 Conference
10 November 2003	Reasons for Judgment and the Rule of Law - The National Judicial College, Beijing and The Judges' Training Institute, Shanghai
6 November 2003	Commercial Causes Centenary Dinner
25 October 2003	The Truth Can Cost Too Much: The Principle of a Fair Trial - The Fourth Gerard Brennan Lecture
29 September 2003	Becket and Henry II: The Martyrdom
04 September 2003	Forensic Accounting in an Adversary System - Address to the 4th Annual National CA Forensic Accounting Conference
13 August 2003	Address on the Occasion of the Opening of the Refurbished Court 3 of the King Street Supreme Court Complex.
2 July 2003	Judging Today - Address to the Local Courts of NSW 2003 Annual Conference
27 May 2003	Negligence and Insurance Premiums: Recent Changes in Australian Law - The Spencer Mason Trust Lecture, Auckland
22 May 2003	Address by the Honourable J.J. Spigelman AC to launch Phillip Ayres' Owen Dixon: A Biography
24 April 2003	Retirement from the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal of the Honourable Justice Paul Stein AM
8 April 2003	Dealing with Judicial Misconduct - 5th World wide Common Law Judiciary Conference
20 March 2003	The Rule of Law in the Asian Region
7 February 2003	Address on the Occasion of the Retirement of the Honourable Justice J D Heydon
3 February 2003	Opening of Law Term Dinner, 2003
22 January 2003	The Rule of Law and Enforcement
20 November 2002	Foundations of the freedom of the press in Australia - The Inaugural Australian Press Council address
11 November 2002	Re-dedication of the honour roll in the original Supreme Court building
8 November 2002	Address upon the occasion of the retirement of the Honourable Mr Justice Philip Powell AM
29 October 2002	Are Lawyers Lemons? Competition Principles and Professional Regulation
12 October 2002	The Idea of a University
8 October 2002	Becket and Henry II: Exile
16 July 2002	Convergence and the Judicial Role: Recent Developments in China - Address to the XVIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law
11 July 2002	Convergence and the Judicial Role: Recent Developments in China - Address to the China Education Centre, University of Sydney
June 2002	Guide to Judicial Conduct
17 May 2002	The Maintenance of Institutional Values
27 April 2002	Negligence: The Last Outpost of the Welfare State
	Negligence: The Last Outpost of the Welfare State (Summary)
8 February 2002	Formal Opening Ceremony Court of Criminal Appeal at Dubbo
29 January 2002	Opening to Law Term Dinner 2002
11 December 2001	Farewell Ceremony for the Honourable Justice Lancelot John Priestley
28 November 2001	Quality in an Age of Measurement: The Limitations of Performance Indicators
8 November 2001	Law and Justice Address to the Law and Justice Foundation
31 October 2001	Judicial Ethics: Accountability and Education - Paper to the Judicial Ethics Training Course, National Judicial College, Beijing
28 August 2001	The Dangers of Partial Rationality: Address at the launch of the University of New South Wales Law Journal
20 August 2001	Becket & Henry II: The Conflict
7 August 2001	The Poet's Rich Resource: Issues in Statutory Interpretation
27 July 2001	The 'New Public Management' and the Courts - Address to the Family Courts of Australia 25th Anniversary Conference
9 July 2001	Citizens, Consumers and Courts - International Conference on Regulation Reform and Scrutiny of Legislation
17 May 2001	Address on the Occasion of the Re-opening of No 2 Court Francis Greenway Wing King Street Supreme Court Complex
10 May 2001	Judicial Accountability and Performance Indicators
29 January 2001	Address at the Opening of Law Term Dinner for the New South Wales Law Society
13 November 2000	Opening Address at the Annual Conference of the Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand
9 November 2000	Address to the LEADR Dinner - University and Schools' Club Sydney
8 November 2000	Occasional Address at the College of Law Graduation Ceremony
28 October 2000	Address to the UNSW Symposium 2000 - Mandatory Sentencing - Rights and Wrongs
26 October 2000	The 14th Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture - Economic Rationalism and the Law
25 October 2000	Address at The State Funeral for Charles Nelson Perkins AO
25 August 2000	Admission of Legal Practitioners
15 August 2000	Becket and Henry II: The New Archbishop - The Second Address in the Becket Lecture Series
10 July 2000	Address to the Australia-Britain Society on the Centenary of the Signing of the Australian Constitution Act
2 July 2000	Queen's Trust for Young Australians - Forum for Developing Tomorrow's Leaders
30 May 2000	Occasional Address at the Aeronautical Engineering Graduation Ceremony
15 May 2000	Address to The Selden Society - A Twelfth Century Succession at York
27 April 2000	Address at the Graduation Ceremony of the University of Western Sydney, Nepan
6 April 2000	Speech to the Australian Insurance Law Assocation Annual Conference
2 April 2000	Speech to the Annual Conference of Judges of the High Court and Court of Appeal of New Zealand
13 March 2000	Ceremonial Sitting at Wagga Wagga
31 January 2000	Opening of the Law Term Dinner
27 October 1999	Becket and Henry II: Select Ruminations
22 October 1999	Access to Justice and Human Rights Treaties
15 October 1999	Dedication of a Memorial to Israeli Athletes and Officials
9 October 1999	Seen to be Done: The Principle of Open Justice
6 September 1999	Address to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the University of Sydney
25 August 1999	Women Lawyers Association of NSW
15 August 1999	Victory in the Pacific
12 August 1999	Red Cross Gala Dinner - 50th Anniversay of the Geneva Conventions
6 August 1999	The Medico-Legal Society of New South Wales Annual General Meeting
24 June 1999	Sentencing Guidelines Judgments
3 June 1999	Magistrates' Institute of NSW Annual Dinner
17 May 1999	175th Anniversary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
7 May 1999	Compensation Court Annual Conference
9 April 1999	The Tradition of Ethical Service by Members of the Legal Profession
23 March 1999	Sir Ninian Stephen Lecture: Statutory Interpretation - Identifying the Linguistic Register
16 February 1999	Sydney Boys High School
1 February 1999	Opening of the Law Term
10 December 1998	Rule of Law: Human Rights Protection
5 December 1998	Sydney Grammar
15 October 1998	Address to PIAC and PILCH Anniversary Dinner
12 October 1998	New Approach to Criminal Sentencing
7 September 1998	Foundations of Administrative Law - 1998 SPANN Oration - Institute of Public Administration New South Wales Division
26 August 1998	Launch of the Australian Law Reform Commission's Report - Australia's Federal Record: A Review of the Archives Act 1983
20 August 1998	New South Wales Ethnic Affairs Commission - Second Annual Oration
25 May 1998	Swearing In Ceremony of The Honourable J J Spigelman QC as Chief Justice of The Supreme Court of New South Wales
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Justice Allsop

2 June 2008

Swearing in as President of the Court of Appeal

Justice Austin

21-23 May 2008	Some Remarks on the Launching of the Code of Professional Practice
24 October 2007	Mergers And Acquisitions 2007
20 July 2007	Implications of the Sons of Gwalia decision
16 March 2007	Remarks on the launching of Company Directors and Corporate Social Responsibility: UK and Australian Perspectives
13 March 2007	Remarks at the launching of the Allens Arthur Robinson Annual Review of Insolvency & Restructuring Law, 2006
12-13 October 2006	The Legal Standard of Loyalty and Professional Guidelines
11-12 August 2006	Hip-pocket injuries in workouts: Accessory liability for bankers and advisers
2 March 2004	Superannuation Lawyers Association Of Australia - Libby Slater Plenary Session
9 February 2004	Some reflections on managing corporate and commercial cases
26 November 2002	Directors Duties and Financial Responsibilities
19 November 2002	The Company Secretary: Then and Now
3 November 2000	Conference on the Future of Corporate Regulation
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Justice Barrett

23 February 2006	The Principle in Re Hastings-Bass
24 August 2003	The “Most Wrong” Equity Cases 1990 – 2003: Attorney General V Blake
6-7 August 2005	Cross Border Insolvency – Aspects Of The Unctral Model Law
19 March 2001	Swearing In Ceremony of The Honourable Reginald Ian Barrett
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Justice Basten

26 June 2008	Administrative Law And Statutory Interpretation
9 May 2008	Judicial Review: Intensity Of Scrutiny
3 April 2008	The 2008 Sir Ninian Stephen Lecture
26 March 2008	Administrative Law – A Perspective From The Bench
14-15 June 2007	Natural Justice: Is There Too Much, Too Little Or Just The Right Amount?
30 October - 4 November 2005	Court and Media Relationships
30 October - 4 November 2005	Judicial Conduct: Relationship with Government
30 October - 4 November 2005	Judicial Attributes
21 July 2005	Comment on Paper by Professor Carol Harlow
30 June 2005	Limits on Procedural Fairness
2 May 2005	Swearing in Ceremony of The Honourable John Basten QC As a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
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Justice Beazley

14 March 2008	Calderbank offers

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Justice Bell

27 January 2005	How to Preserve the Integrity of Jury Trials in a Mass Media Age
25 March 1999	Swearing In Ceremony of Virginia Margaret Bell, SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW
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Justice Bergin

31 March 2007	Litigation And Globalisation
26 October 2005	Presentation Of Commercial Cases In The Supreme Court Of New South Wales
5 May 2004	Methodology of the management of construction disputes in the Supreme Court of New South Wales
26 November 2003	Equity in Practice
6 November 2003	Commercial Causes Centenary Dinner
26 August 2003	Commercial Litigation: Tips for Success and Traps for the Unwary: A Judge's Perspective on Case Preparation
26 July 2003	A Judicial Perspective on what the Court expects from legal practitioners in equity and commercial litigation
17 April 2003	Conferral of Degrees Ceremony, Division of Law, Macquarie University
22 October 2002	National Judicial Orientation Programme - Time Management
04 May 2000	Women In Health Law
28 November 2000	Interlocutory Procedures
12 November 1999 29 October 1999	Professional Legal Education in the Multi-Disciplinary Corporate Environment Women on Statutory Boards
1 March 1999	Swearing In Ceremony of Patricia Anne Bergin, SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW back to top

Justice Brereton

28 March 2008	Costs Update
September 2007	Evidence In Civil Proceedings: An Australian Perspective On Documentary And Electronic Evidence
31 August 2007	Costs – The Proportionality Principle
16 March 2007	Equitable Estoppel In Australia: The Court Of Conscience In The Antipodes
October 2006	Where Death And Divorce Meet: The Intersection Of Family Provision And Family Law
12-13 August 2006	Aspects Of Advocacy: The Effective Presentation Of Evidence
October 2005	Part VIIIAA Of The Family Law Act Update:Orders And Injunctions Binding Third Parties
21 September 2005	Recent Developments In Family Law: Bankruptcy, Third Parties And Other Matters
15 August 2005	Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Paul Le Gay Brereton SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales back to top

Justice Buddin

30 January 2002	Swearing-in Ceremony
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Justice Campbell

28 February 2008	Exercise by Superannuation Trustees of Discretionary Powers
28 November 2007	Some Historical and Policy Aspects of the Law of Equitable Liens
23 August 2006	Some aspects of the practical operation of litigation relating to deceased estates
8 March 2006	Some Aspects of Privilege Concerning Communications with Lawyers
18 August 2005	Variation of Church Trusts
17 November 2004	How To Get Paid - Notes for Trustees
3 March 2004	The Purpose of Pleadings
24 August 2003	Contempt By Frustrating Injunctions - Jockey Club v Buffham - The Facts
26 October 2001	Swearing in Ceremony of The Honourable Joseph Charles Campbell QC
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Justice Einstein

11 May 2008	Judging the Judges
July/August 2005	Trends in International Commercial Litigation Part II* - The Future of Foreign Judgment Enforcement Law
May/June 2005	Trends in International Commercial Litigation Part I – The Present State of Foreign Judgment Enforcement Law
2004	Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure and their Application to New South Wales
October 2004	Judicial Ethics [In Court perspective] - Paper 1
October 2004	Judicial Ethics [Out of Court perspective] - Paper 2
October 2004	An Examination of the Application of the General Principles of the Rule of Law to the Court Structure and Judiciary of the State of New South Wales
15 August 2001	Technology in the Court Room - 2001 - [Friend or Foe?]
14 November 2000	Understanding the Evidence Act 1995 - A Daunting Task !
1 September 1997	Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Justice Einstein
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Justice Fullerton

19 February 2007	Swearing In Ceremony Of The Honourable Elizabeth Fullerton SC
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Justice Gzell

12-13 October 2006	The Taxpayer’s Duty Of Disclosure (Paper)
12-13 October 2006	The Taxpayer’s Duty of Disclosure (Speech)
27 July 2006	6th States’ Taxation Conference Dealing With State Taxes
1 May 2006	The Legacy Of Justice Graham Hill
4 February 2002	Swearing-in Ceremony
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Justice Hall

8 March 2005	Swearing-In Ceremony Of The Honourable Peter Michael Hall QC
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Justice Hamilton

12 March 2008	Lawyer-Client Privilege in Litigation
1 June 2007	Containment Of Costs: Litigation And Arbitration
11 March 2006	Developments In Civil Procedure
16 August 2005	The New Procedure - Nuts And Bolts For Judicial Officers
19 September 2004	The NSW Civil Procedure Bill 2004 And The Uniform Civil Procedure Rules - An Introduction
28 June 1999	Judicial Independence: Old Principles - New Developments
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Justice Hammerschlag

30 January 2007

Swearing-In Ceremony Of The Honourable David Jacob Hammerschlag

Justice Harrison

12 February 2007

Swearing in Ceremony Of The Honourable Ian Gordon Harrison

Justice Hidden

May 2003	Public Defenders' Conference - Common Ethical Problems For The Criminal Advocate
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Justice Hislop

23 March 2004	Swearing-In Ceremony of The Honourable John David Hislop as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
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Justice Hoeben

16 August 2004	Swearing-in Ceremony of the Honourable Clifton Ralph Russell Hoeben AM RFD SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
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Justice Howie


10 February 2008	Sentencing Discounts – Are they worth the effort?
18 August 2007	Criminal Law Review 2007
2 August 2007	Review of the Criminal Law 2007
11 October 2000	Swearing In Ceremony of the Honourable Roderick Neil Howie QC back to top

Justice Ipp

1 November 2007	Paper delivered at the launch of "Principles of Planning Law" by Mr Les Stein
17 May 2007	The Politics, Purpose and Reform of the Law of Negligence: Paper given at the Conference of the Australian Insurance Law Association at Noosa
30 March 2007	The Metamorphosis of Slip and Fall: Paper given at the New South Wales State Conference of the Australian Lawyers Alliance at the Hunter Valley Gardens
16 March 2007	Themes in the Law of Torts: Paper given at the Judges' Review Conference 2007: Past, Present and Future Perspectives on the Law at the Westin Hotel
2 September 2006	Problems with Fact-finding
13 and 19 October 2004	The Trial Judge's Duties from an Appellate Point of View: Edited Version of a Paper given at a Conference in Beijing organised by the National Judicial College, Beijing, 13 October 2004 and to the Shanghai Judicial College, Shanghai, 19 October 2004
12 and 19 October 2004	Ethical Problems with Judicial Activism: Edited Version of a Paper given at a Conference in Beijing organised by the National Judicial College, Beijing, 12 October 2004 and to the Shanghai Judicial College, Shanghai, 19 October 2004
11 and 19 October 2004	Judicial Bias: Edited Version of a Paper given at a Conference in Beijing organised by the National Judicial College, Beijing, 11 October 2004 and to the Shanghai Judicial College, Shanghai, 19 October 2004
1 May 2004	Personal Responsibility in Australian Society and Law: Striving for Balance - Edited version of Oration delivered at Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, Perth, WA on 1 May 2004
15 September 2003	Policy and the Swing of the Negligence Pendulum
8 May 2003	Judges and Judging - President's Lecture to Annual Scientific Congress of Royal Australian College of Surgeons.
January 2003	Negligence - Where Lies the Future?
May 2001	Enduring Values and Change
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Justice Johnson

1 February 2005

Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Peter Anthony Johnson SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

Justice Latham

12 April 2005	Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Megan Fay Latham as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
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Associate Justice Macready

29 October 2004	The uniform management and disposition of Construction law cases in Australia
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Justice McCallum

30 January 2008	Swearing-In Ceremony Of The Honourable Lucy McCallum
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Justice McClellan, Chief Judge at Common Law

7 June 2008	Two Contemporary Challenges: The Role Of Deterrence In Sentencing And The Effective Use Of Experts
April 2008	Some Benefits Of Mediation
April 2008	ADR – An Introduction
25 March 2008