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New appointment to Supreme Court
Crown Solicitor Laura Stein will take up a position on the Supreme Court bench next week.
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Crown Solicitor Laura Stein will take up a position on the Supreme Court bench next week.
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South Australian Supreme Court Justice and Court of Appeal President Trish Kelly will retire in September this year – bringing forward her retirement by three months.
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The State Government’s planning body has approved a 1400-property housing estate in the vicinity of a high-pressure pipeline, despite its operator taking action in the Supreme Court and warning that a pipe failure could cause a “catastrophic” explosion.
The appointment of former Supreme Court Justice Martin Hinton as the state’s top prosecutor has created fresh ructions, with a judge urged to disregard a “problematic” sentencing submission because it was based on a judgement written by the now-Director of Public Prosecutions.
Police will begin to close Adelaide’s “top 20 highest risk” intersections across Adelaide by tomorrow in order to test red light cameras, after a surprise Supreme Court decision led to the suspension of 3000 unpaid red light fines and a legal requirement for cameras at 134 junctions to be tested every 28 days.
A former SA Attorney-General has cast doubt on whether the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions, Martin Hinton QC, should argue matters in the Supreme Court – over which he used to preside – insisting “the appearance of a conflict of interest is palpable”.
