james edelman was the judge most recently appointed to the high court of australia.
james edelman was the judge most recently appointed to the high court of australia.
who is the judge most recently appointed to the high court of australia?
james edelman
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high court judges also serve a number of other public service roles. it is a statutory requirement that the electoral affairs commission be headed by a chairman who is a high court judge (currently mr justice fung) appointed by the chief executive in consultation with the chief justice. similarly, it is a statutory requirement that the chief executive appoint a serving or retired high court judge to be commissioner on interception of communications and surveillance (currently mr justice suffiad). the chief executive also appoints three to six judges of the court of first instance (currently mr justice chung, mr justice fung and mr justice bharwaney) on the recommendation of the chief justice to serve as panel judges handling interception and surveillance authorisation requests from law enforcement agencies. further, it is a statutory requirement that the chief executive appoint at least 2 serving or retired high court judges as members of the long-term prison sentences review board. at present, mr justice pang kin-kee and mr justice wilson chan are president and deputy president respectively of the long-term prison sentences review board. it is also a statutory requirement that the chief executive appoint a retired high court judge, district judge or magistrate as chairman of the appeal board on public meetings and processions (currently mr justice pang kin-kee). in addition, it is a statutory requirement that the chief executive appoint a serving or retired high court judge or deputy high court judge to chair the market misconduct tribunal (mmt) and the securities and futures appeals tribunal (sfat). at present, mr justice lunn (former vice president of the court of appeal), mr justice hartmann (former justice of appeal), kenneth kwok sc (former recorder of the court of first instance) and his honour judge tallentire (former deputy high court judge) are chairmen of the mmt and sfat.
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