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Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions appointed as Supreme Court judge
One of Australia’s leading criminal prosecutors, who currently serves as the director for CDPP, is set to be a judge of the Supreme Court of NSW.
Jerome Doraisamy
Sarah McNaughton SC, who has served as the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions since mid-2016, will be the next judge of the NSW Supreme Court.
Ms McNaughton was appointed senior counsel in 2011.
Speaking about the appointment, NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman said: “I congratulate Ms McNaughton on her well-deserved appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court and wish her every success during her term of office.
“Her outstanding legal skills and experience will be valuable assets to the Supreme Court and to the administration of justice in our state.”
Ms McNaughton will be sworn in on Tuesday, 11 October 2022.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. In June 2024, he also assumed the editorship of HR Leader. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.
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