BIOGRAPHY – JUSTICE TERENCE CONNOLLY

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.

 

• Speech given by Justice Connolly at the Ceremony for Admission of Legal Practitioners 20 October 2006

• 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"

• 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

• A paper for the National Judicial College of Australia and Australian National University Conference, by Justice Connolly - "Human Rights Aspects of Sentencing"

• 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"

• Speech given by Justice Connolly at the Australian Lawyers Alliance, Canberra, 24 June 2005 - "Tort law: what is the point?"

• 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”

• 'Mediation: The Nuts and Bolts' - Paper presented to 2003 Australian Plaintiff Lawyers Association National Conference - Coolum, Queensland

• Speech given by Justice Connolly at Ceremonial Sitting 31 January 2003