| 词条 | Carolyn Simpson |
| 释义 |
| image = | honorific-prefix = Hon. Justice | name = Carolyn Chalmers Simpson | honorific-suffix = | caption = | order = | office = Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW | term_start = 22 December 1993 | term_end = 29 March 2018 | nominator = | appointer = | predecessor = | successor = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | nominator2 = | appointer2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1946|3|30}} | birth_place = Forbes, New South Wales {{flagicon|New South Wales}} | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Australian {{flagicon|Australia}} | spouse = | party = | relations = | children = | residence = Sydney, New South Wales | alma_mater = Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney Bathurst Teachers College University of Sydney | occupation = | profession = | religion = | website = }}Carolyn Chalmers Simpson (born 30 March 1946) was a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for 24 years and of its Court of Appeal for nearly three.[1][1] Justice Simpson made legal history in 1999 as one of three women judges who formed the first all-female bench to sit in an Australian court.[3] In 194-year history, she is the second woman appointed to the court.[2] Early life and educationSimpson was born 30 March 1946, at Forbes in the Central West of New South Wales, to William George and Janet Bower Chalmers.[1] She received her education as a boarder at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney at Croydon,[3] and following matriculation attended Bathurst Teachers College[4] (an antecedent to Charles Sturt University), graduating with a Diploma of Education in 1965.[3] After five years of teaching followed by a failed attempt to gain employment as a journalist, a friend suggested she study law.[5][1] She graduated from the University of Sydney in 1971.[6] CareerSimpson served as an associate to a District Court judge. It was here that she realised her passion for law, stating: "I got hooked."[5] She was a member of the University of Sydney Law Extension Committee from 1972–76, an Officer of the Department of Youth and Community Services from 1974–76, President of the Society of Labor Lawyers, and President of the Council for Civil Liberties from 1976 to 1979.[4] She was admitted to the New South Wales bar in 1976 and appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1989. In 1994, she was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.[5] Justice Simpson made headlines in April 1999, when she and Justices Margaret Beazley and Virginia Bell sat in the Court of Criminal Appeal in Sydney.[5] The judges threw out an appeal from a convicted computer hacker who had, out of "sheer maliciousness", been posting offensive messages on Ausnet's homepage. According to the Women Lawyers Association of NSW, there had never been an all-female bench in England or New Zealand at the time.[6] Subsequently, Simpson observed that, as more women were appointed judges in the Supreme Court, there would be more benches of three. "Given the opportunity, women achieve and do as well as men", she said.[5] Simpson sat in the Common Law Division of the Supreme Court of NSW until her elevation to the Court of Appeal in June 2015.[7] Simpson retired as a judge on 29 March 2018.[8] Notable decisionsJustice Simpson has presided over a number of high-profile cases. She was the judge responsible for sentencing Neddy Smith, a notorious gangland murderer, to life imprisonment in 1989.[6] In 2005, she presided over the much publicised case Network Ten v Jessica Rowe. Ten claimed that the 5pm Ten News reader had breached her "open-ended" contract by failing to give six months' notice in writing. Simpson dismissed the action and ordered Ten to pay Rowe's court costs, finding that the contract was for a closed period of two years and expired at the conclusion of the case.[9] She set a precedent in 2007 when she awarded around {{A$}}1 million to a teenager who was bullied at primary school. She concluded that the school had "grossly failed" in its duty of care to Benjamin Cox, who now suffers from a severe psychiatric condition.[10] References1. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Whitbourn|first1=Michaela|title="Yes you can": trailblazing judge's powerful message to women in law|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/yes-you-can-trailblazing-judge-s-powerful-message-to-women-in-law-20180328-p4z6os.html|accessdate=30 March 2018|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=28 March 2018}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/yes-you-can-trailblazing-judge-s-powerful-message-to-women-in-law-20180328-p4z6os.html|title='Yes you can': trailblazing judge's powerful message to women in law|last=Whitbourn|first=Michaela|date=2018-03-28|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2018-07-10}} 3. ^{{cite book| last = McFarlane| first = John| title = The Golden Hope: Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney 1888-1988| year = 1988| publisher = P.L.C Council, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney| location = Croydon, NSW| isbn = 0-9597340-1-5| pages = 243| chapter =Ex-Students}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = SIMPSON Carolyn Chalmers, Hon. Justice|year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|url=http://www.csu.edu.au/division/marketing/tms/T101/T101p13.htm |archive-url=https://archive.is/20050719214545/http://www.csu.edu.au/division/marketing/tms/T101/T101p13.htm |dead-url=yes |archive-date=19 July 2005 |title=Setting the Benchmark |accessdate=30 September 2007 |last=Graham |first=Sally |date=26 May 2000 |work=Alumni news |publisher=Charles Sturt University }} 6. ^1 2 {{Cite news|year=1999 |title=Media Watch |periodical=Gazette |publication-place=Sydney, NSW |publisher=The University of Sydney |pages=14 |url=http://www.usyd.edu.au/about/publication/gazette/oct99/pub/media_watch.pdf |accessdate=30 September 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228190226/http://www.usyd.edu.au/about/publication/gazette/oct99/pub/media_watch.pdf |archivedate=28 February 2008 |deadurl=yes |df= }}. 7. ^{{cite web|last1=Upton MP|first1=Gabrielle|title=New Judges Appointed|url=http://www.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/Media%20Releases/2015/MR_15-NEW-JUDGES-APPOINTED.pdf|website=Justice NSW|publisher=Justice NSW|date=3 June 2015|accessdate=6 August 2015}} 8. ^{{cite news|title='Yes you can': trailblazing judge's powerful message to women in law|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/yes-you-can-trailblazing-judge-s-powerful-message-to-women-in-law-20180328-p4z6os.html|accessdate=29 March 2018|work=SMH.com.au|date=28 March 2018}} 9. ^{{cite news| first=Nicolette|last=Casella|title=Rowe on cloud Nine|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,20281,17693702-5001026,00.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=31 December 2005|accessdate=30 September 2007}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} 10. ^{{cite news|author=AAP|title=Govt considers appeal on bullied boy|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Govt-considers-appeal-on-bullied-boy/2007/05/22/1179601382628.html|work=The Age|date=22 May 2007|accessdate=30 September 2007}} External links
12 : Australian Queen's Counsel|People educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney|People from New South Wales|1946 births|Living people|Judges of the Supreme Court of New South Wales|Australian women judges|Charles Sturt University alumni|People from the Central West (New South Wales)|University of Sydney alumni|20th-century Australian judges|21st-century Australian judges |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。