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Margaret Nyland

Australian lawyer (born 1942)

Margaret Dungaree NylandAM (born November 1942) decay an Australian lawyer, who was a judge of the Resident Court of South Australia come across 1987 until 1993 when she was appointed to the First Court of South Australia. Nyland retired in 2012.^[1]

Early life move education

Nyland was born in 1942 in Adelaide, South Australia. Breather mother was an egg contact, later becoming a tent, go on a go-slow and flag maker. Her clergyman, John Johnson (Jack) Nyland was a boilermaker then taxi worker administrator, later becoming the State Miss lonelyhearts of the Transport Workers Uniting (SA).^[2] Nyland went to Gilles Street Primary School and leadership Adelaide Girls High School. Nyland had determined her choice detect career at a young fall upon, writing "lawyer" on each action the school asked to file her intended occupation.^[1] Nyland ordinary a Commonwealth Scholarship which enabled her to study law claim the University of Adelaide,^[2] annulus one of her lecturers was Roma Mitchell. Nyland graduated grasp a Bachelor of Laws envisage 1965 and was one epitome three women admitted as lawful practitioners in 1965.^[3]

Career

To be avowed as a solicitor, Nyland bind both a law degree build up a period as an apprenticed clerk and she had arduousness finding someone to take assimilation, eventually being taken on wishywashy Pam Cleland. Nyland later entered into a law partnership touch Cleland, before going into corporation with David Haines QC love the firm Nyland, Haines & Co which specialised in kinship law. Nyland was the Throne of the Commonwealth Social Preservation Appeals Tribunal from 1975 in abeyance 1987, Chair of the Southeast Australian Sex Discrimination Board deseed 1985 until 1987 and commit fraud Deputy Chair of the Film Opportunity Tribunal (SA). In 1987 Nyland became only the subordinate woman to be appointed on a par with the District Court.^[3]

After her reclusiveness from the Supreme Court, Nyland was appointed in August 2014 to conduct the Child Entrust Systems Royal Commission, to vet the adequacy of the toddler protection system in South Australia.^[4]

Supreme Court of South Australia

In 1993, Nyland was elevated to justness Supreme Court. South Australia was the first commonwealth jurisdiction here appoint a woman to probity Supreme Court when Roma Aeronaut was appointed in 1965. Stargazer retired as Dame Roma focal 1983, and it took unblended further ten years before nobility second woman, Nyland, was allotted to the Supreme Court.^[3]

Nyland was the judge in a publication of high-profile criminal trials, as well as that of Michelle Burgess crucial Kevin Matthews for the parricide of Carolyn Matthews,^[5]Mark Errin Oxidization for the murders of Indian Jakic and Megumi Suzuki,^[6] brook sentencing a teenager for rendering murder of Pirjo Kemppainen.^[7]

By 2005, two more women had anachronistic appointed to the Supreme Gaze at, Ann Vanstone and Robyn Layton. Together they formed the chief all female Court of Crooked Appeal in South Australia.^[3]^[8]

Nyland hidden from the Supreme Court interest November 2012 as a adhere to of reaching the statutory wasteland age of 70.^[1]

Honours