The Land and Environment Court chief judge was among those honoured
This year’s Australia Day Honours List has recognised several NSW lawyers.
According to NSW Law Society President Jennifer Ball, the awardees made “an indelible contribution to strengthening our system of justice”, highlighting their “invaluable and dedicated service to the law and to the community”.
The members of the NSW legal profession who made the list are as follows:
Mowbray and Chung co-founded the AustLII legal database, which was launched in 1995. Simpson served as presiding member of the NSW Mental Health Review Tribunal and a senior member of the guardianship division of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Johnston is presently on the board of the Northern Sydney Local Health District.
Cornwall chairs the Australian Pro Bono Centre, while Quiggin championed Indigenous rights especially in relation to consumer protection and financial services. Preston is the current Land and Environment Court chief judge, and Basten has been a judge/acting judge of appeal at the NSW Supreme Court for 20 years.
Ainslie-Wallace chairs the Australian Advocacy Institute, while Kerr sat on the Federal Court as a justice. Davis, Scientia Professor and Balnaves Chair in Constitutional Law at the University of NSW, was one of just six to receive the Companions of the Order of Australia accolade for her work in the Indigenous community, including as Uluru Statement co-chair and as chair of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
