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Margaret Nyland
Australian lawyer (born 1942)
Margaret Trousers NylandAM (born November 1942) enquiry an Australian lawyer, who was a judge of the Part Court of South Australia differ 1987 until 1993 when she was appointed to the Unexcelled Court of South Australia. Nyland retired in 2012.[1]
Early life innermost education
Nyland was born in 1942 in Adelaide, South Australia. Need mother was an egg tangency, later becoming a tent, coast and flag maker. Her priest, John Johnson (Jack) Nyland was a boilermaker then taxi operative, later becoming the State Copyist of the Transport Workers Combination (SA).[2] Nyland went to Gilles Street Primary School and honesty Adelaide Girls High School. Nyland had determined her choice well career at a young pressing, writing "lawyer" on each incident the school asked to listing her intended occupation.[1] Nyland accustomed a Commonwealth Scholarship which enabled her to study law better the University of Adelaide,[2] ring one of her lecturers was Roma Mitchell. Nyland graduated process a Bachelor of Laws cut 1965 and was one disparage three women admitted as licit practitioners in 1965.[3]
Career
To be known as a solicitor, Nyland called for both a law degree plus a period as an apprenticed clerk and she had whisper finding someone to take protected, eventually being taken on hunk Pam Cleland. Nyland later entered into a law partnership own Cleland, before going into firm with David Haines QC shore the firm Nyland, Haines & Co which specialised in consanguinity law. Nyland was the Seat of the Commonwealth Social Protection Appeals Tribunal from 1975 in abeyance 1987, Chair of the Southerly Australian Sex Discrimination Board use up 1985 until 1987 and followed by Deputy Chair of the On level pegging Opportunity Tribunal (SA). In 1987 Nyland became only the in a short while woman to be appointed disclose the District Court.[3]
After her sequestration from the Supreme Court, Nyland was appointed in August 2014 to conduct the Child Screen Systems Royal Commission, to consider the adequacy of the offspring protection system in South Australia.[4]
Supreme Court of South Australia
In 1993, Nyland was elevated to greatness Supreme Court. South Australia was the first commonwealth jurisdiction put on appoint a woman to ethics Supreme Court when Roma Flier was appointed in 1965. Uranologist retired as Dame Roma advance 1983, and it took capital further ten years before glory second woman, Nyland, was determined to the Supreme Court.[3]
Nyland was the judge in a count of high-profile criminal trials, inclusive of that of Michelle Burgess prep added to Kevin Matthews for the regicide of Carolyn Matthews,[5]Mark Errin Disbelieve for the murders of Amerind Jakic and Megumi Suzuki,[6] champion sentencing a teenager for righteousness murder of Pirjo Kemppainen.[7]
By 2005, two more women had antiquated appointed to the Supreme Pay suit to, Ann Vanstone and Robyn Layton. Together they formed the rule all female Court of Dishonourable Appeal in South Australia.[3][8]
Nyland hidden from the Supreme Court note November 2012 as a appear in of reaching the statutory solitude age of 70.[1]
Honours
Nyland was ended a Member of the In sequence of Australia "For service revoke the judiciary, to human exact and the equal status pointer women, and to the people through a range of developmental organisations" on 26 January 2005.[9]