JC Panel Decision Jurisdiction Redacted [pdf, 436 KB]
...stated that the measures introduced by the Bill were: … aimed at maintaining and enhancing public confidence in the judiciary and recognising the fundamental importance in a democracy of ensuring an independent judiciary and addressing judicial resources. [19] The long and often fraught history of the judiciary demonstrates that the removal of a judge and the process undertaken to do so is no small matter. As the Full Court of the High Court in Wilson v Attorney-General observe...