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WA Family Court registrar promoted to magistrate
West Australian Attorney-General John Quigley has elevated a registrar in the Family Court of Western Australia to a magistrate of that court.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jocelyn Connick has been promoted to magistrate, bringing “a strong legal background in the family law system” to the WA Family Court.
Prior to this, she was a supervising solicitor at Legal Aid WA, and has also worked as a solicitor at the WA Corruption and Crime Commission and as a state prosecutor at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. She became a nationally accredited mediator in 2020.
She will take up her new role as a magistrate of the court on 30 October 2023.
Speaking about the appointment, AG Quigley said: “I am pleased to appoint Jocelyn Connick as a magistrate to preside in the Family Court of Western Australia.”
“At Legal Aid WA, Ms Connick gained valuable exposure to complex legal issues pertaining to family law including child-related and property matters,” the AG said.
“She subsequently deepened her level of family law expertise as registrar, conducting divorce, registrar duty, readiness hearing, conciliation, procedural and contravention conference lists.”
“She is a highly experienced registrar and solicitor who will enhance the court’s capacity to administer complex cases. I wish Ms Connick well in her new position,” he concluded.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly. A former lawyer, he has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. He is also the host of all five shows under The Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network, and has overseen the brand's audio medium growth from 4,000 downloads per month to over 60,000 downloads per month, making The Lawyers Weekly Show the most popular industry-specific podcast in Australia. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of Minds Count.
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