Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has named Federal Court judge Jayne Jagot to the High Court of Australia, in an appointment which secures a female majority on the court for the first time.
to the High Court of Australia, in an appointment which secures a majority of female justices on the bench for the first time.
A graduate of Sydney University Law School, she has served on the ACT Supreme Court, the Copyright Tribunal of Australia and the NSW Land and Environment Court, and was a partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques, now known as King“Justice Jagot is regarded as an outstanding lawyer and an eminent judge,” Mr Dreyfus and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a statement.
He defended appointing a NSW judge when no South Australian or Tasmanian jurist has been appointed to the High Court in its 120-year-history.
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