25 June 2024 Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General’s Portfolio) Bill 2024 The Honourable Chris Kourakis, Chief Justice of South Australia, has received correspondence from the South Australian Bar Association (“the Association”) requesting that he retract public comments relating to legislation to abolish the title of King’s Counsel and replace it with the title of Senior [...]
6 November 2023 Statement from the Honourable Chris Kourakis in relation to a Practice Note about pronunciation of names and gender pronouns: “Unfortunately, Ms Rowling has misunderstood the protocol. It does no more than allow lawyers and others to inform the court of the correct pronunciation of their name and their preferred gender [...]
1 November 2023 Courts issue a Practice Note about pronunciation of names and gender pronouns The Honourable Chris Kourakis, Chief Justice of South Australia, has today issued a Practice Note about pronunciation of names and gender pronouns. The Supreme Court, District Court, Environment, Resources and Development Court, Magistrates Court, Youth Court and Coroners Court [...]
1 November 2023 Supreme, District and Environment, Resources and Development Court Registry The registry in the Sir Samuel Way building will close at 4.30pm on Friday, 22 December 2023. The registry will re-open on Tuesday, 2 January 2024. Supreme Court Probate Registry The Probate Registry will close at 12pm on Friday, 22 December 2023 [...]
31 August 2023 The Honourable Chris Kourakis, Chief Justice of South Australia, has today on behalf of the Judges of the Supreme Court announced the appointment of four new Senior Counsel. The appointments were made after wide consultation with the judicial officers of the State, the senior law officers of the State and [...]
24 August 2023 Today a ceremony was held to mark the opening of the Nunga Court in the Port Lincoln Magistrates Court. It is the first new Nunga Court constituted since the Court was enshrined in law, which came into effect on 1 March 2023. There was significant support for a Nunga Court at Port [...]
A Statement from Chief Judge Michael Evans Judge Timothy Heffernan, who was the subject of a complaint about his conduct and referral to the Judicial Conduct Commissioner, has resigned from the Office of Judge of the District Court, Licensing Court and Environment, Resources and Development Court, effective from 17 May 2023. As the Judge is [...]
1 March 2023 The South Australian State Coroner, David Whittle, has recently recorded a finding that a 31-year-old man died of ‘carbon monoxide toxicity with drowning.’ The man was diving with friends from a boat, using a type of surface supplied breathing apparatus commonly known as a hookah, which supplies air to a [...]
17 November 2022 Judicial Officers are subject to the laws and standards of acceptable behaviour which are equally applicable to all. Everyone has a right to a safe workplace. Power imbalances must be guarded against. Bullying, harassment, discrimination or victimisation of any kind cannot be tolerated. Workplace cultures which support employees to speak [...]
17 November 2022 The report of the Judicial Conduct Panel (the Panel) into Mr Simon Milazzo has been tabled in Parliament, finding the complaints against him proved and recommending his removal as a Magistrate. The Governor has acted on that opinion and removed the Magistrate from Office. I would like to acknowledge the [...]