Terry Connolly was appointed a judge in
January 2003. He had been Master of the Supreme Court since 1996. Before
this he was a Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly for six years,
and served as Attorney General from 1991 to 1995. He was first admitted
to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor in South Australia in 1982,
and in the ACT in 1985, and was a legal adviser in the Commonwealth
Attorney Generals Department and Department of Foreign Affairs. He held
Degrees in Law (hons) and Arts from Adelaide University, and a Masters
in Public Law from the ANU.
Justice Connolly died on the 25th of September 2007.
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Speech
given by Justice Connolly at the Ceremony for Admission of Legal Practitioners
20 October 2006
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Paper presented Justice Connolly to the
Law Council of Australia National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference
2006 Melbourne 11-12 August 2006: "Golden
Thread or Tattered Fabric Bail and the Presumption of Innocence"
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Paper presented by Justice Terry Connolly
at the 15th Annual Insurance Law Congress Sydney, 26-28 July 2006:
Where
Does the Tort Debate Leave Us? Views from the Bench
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A paper for the National Judicial College
of Australia and Australian National University Conference, by Justice
Connolly - "Human
Rights Aspects of Sentencing"
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Speech given by Justice Connolly at the
Conference of Australian Prosecutors, Canberra, 14 July 2005 - "Practicing
Criminal Law under the Human Rights Act - No Rogue’s Charter"
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Speech given by Justice Connolly at the
Australian Lawyers Alliance, Canberra, 24 June 2005 - "Tort
law: what is the point?"
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Speech given by Justice Connolly at the
National Injury Management and Prevention Summit, Canberra, 27 March
2004 - Assessment
of personal injury claims in the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital
Territory: art, science or “a broad axe and a sound Imagination”
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'Mediation:
The Nuts and Bolts' - Paper presented to 2003 Australian Plaintiff
Lawyers Association National Conference - Coolum, Queensland
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Speech
given by Justice Connolly at Ceremonial Sitting 31 January 2003