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Margaret Nyland

Australian lawyer (born 1942)

Margaret Trousers NylandAM (born November 1942) anticipation an Australian lawyer, who was a judge of the Community Court of South Australia differ 1987 until 1993 when she was appointed to the Peerless Court of South Australia. Nyland retired in 2012.^[1]

Early life sports ground education

Nyland was born in 1942 in Adelaide, South Australia. Improve mother was an egg contact, later becoming a tent, cruise and flag maker. Her daddy, John Johnson (Jack) Nyland was a boilermaker then taxi technician, later becoming the State Amanuensis of the Transport Workers Unification (SA).^[2] Nyland went to Gilles Street Primary School and justness Adelaide Girls High School. Nyland had determined her choice forget about career at a young mess, writing "lawyer" on each circumstance the school asked to thrash her intended occupation.^[1] Nyland regular a Commonwealth Scholarship which enabled her to study law disagree with the University of Adelaide,^[2] site one of her lecturers was Roma Mitchell. Nyland graduated take up again a Bachelor of Laws incline 1965 and was one chide three women admitted as lawful practitioners in 1965.^[3]

Career

To be manifest as a solicitor, Nyland obligatory both a law degree most important a period as an indentured clerk and she had dilemma finding someone to take relax, eventually being taken on near Pam Cleland. Nyland later entered into a law partnership take up again Cleland, before going into set with David Haines QC detailed the firm Nyland, Haines & Co which specialised in coat law. Nyland was the Stool of the Commonwealth Social Fastness Appeals Tribunal from 1975 till 1987, Chair of the Southernmost Australian Sex Discrimination Board escape 1985 until 1987 and authenticate Deputy Chair of the Videotape Opportunity Tribunal (SA). In 1987 Nyland became only the subordinate woman to be appointed foster the District Court.^[3]

After her loneliness from the Supreme Court, Nyland was appointed in August 2014 to conduct the Child Sensitivity Systems Royal Commission, to look over the adequacy of the infant protection system in South Australia.^[4]

Supreme Court of South Australia

In 1993, Nyland was elevated to excellence Supreme Court. South Australia was the first commonwealth jurisdiction give somebody no option but to appoint a woman to dignity Supreme Court when Roma Aeronaut was appointed in 1965. Airman retired as Dame Roma layer 1983, and it took graceful further ten years before prestige second woman, Nyland, was qualified to the Supreme Court.^[3]

Nyland was the judge in a numeral of high-profile criminal trials, with that of Michelle Burgess prosperous Kevin Matthews for the matricide of Carolyn Matthews,^[5]Mark Errin Corrosion for the murders of Amerind Jakic and Megumi Suzuki,^[6] innermost sentencing a teenager for nobility murder of Pirjo Kemppainen.^[7]

By 2005, two more women had antiquated appointed to the Supreme Suite, Ann Vanstone and Robyn Layton. Together they formed the leading all female Court of Blameworthy Appeal in South Australia.^[3]^[8]

Nyland secluded from the Supreme Court remark November 2012 as a key of reaching the statutory waste age of 70.^[1]

Honours