David Malcolm
Preceded by | Sir Francis Burt |
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Succeeded by | Wayne Martin |
Personal details | |
Born | Perth, Western Australia | 6 May 1938
Spouse | Kaaren Malcolm |
Children | Manisha Malcolm |
Alma mater | University of Western Australia Wadham College, Oxford |
David Kingsley Malcolm,
Early life
Malcolm was born on 6 May 1938 in
Malcolm was educated at
Legal career
Malcolm served his
After returning to Perth, Malcolm resumed his role in Muir Williams Nicholson's litigation department, up until its merger with Sydney firm
Chief Justice
He was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on the retirement of the widely respected Francis Burt. In 1990 he also became Lieutenant-Governor of the state.[citation needed]
Malcolm earned great respect during his time as Chief Justice, and received great acclaim from the legal profession on his retirement on 7 February 2006. However, during his final year on the bench he came under increasing pressure, by the media, for perceived failings on the bench after he aborted a murder trial.[6]
At his farewell, the Attorney-General, Jim McGinty, commented on the landmark judgement that Malcolm had handed down in the appeal of John Button, a high-profile case in which a manslaughter conviction was quashed over 30 years after the event. Wayne Martin replaced Malcolm as Chief Justice, and Malcolm later became Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle.
Death and legacy
Malcolm died in Perth in October 2014, aged 76.[7] The David Malcolm Justice Centre, a 33-storey skyscraper located on Cathedral Square in the Perth CBD, was named in his honour in 2016. The tower houses the civil arm of the Supreme Court and offices for the Department of the Attorney General and Department of Treasury.[8]
References
- Taylor, Alister (ed) (1997) The Australian roll of honour : national honours & awards 1975–1996 Sydney, N.S.W. : Roll of Honour Publications, ISBN 0-908578-57-1– item on Malcolm's AC 1992 for service to the law and to the Crown.
References
- ^ "Chief Justice to retire from Bench" (PDF). Supreme Court of Western Australia. 9 November 2005. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ Offer, Kate (1997). "The Judges of Western Australia" (PDF). University of Western Australia Law Review. 27: 116.
- ^ Rosetto, Lee (December 1999). ""Interview with Chief Justice David Malcolm" [1999] MurUEJL 39". Austlii. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ a b Offer 1997, p. 117.
- ^ a b c Offer 1997, p. 118.
- ^ "Judge in charge of aborted trial not unwell". ABC News. 20 May 2005. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Former WA chief justice David Malcolm dies aged 76". ABC News. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ Campbell, Kate (11 March 2016). "Perth's CBD tower to be named after late Chief Justice of WA David Malcolm". News.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2021.