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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
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.
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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.
She brings 33 years of experience as a legal practitioner, including having appeared for the state of NSW at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and been appointed senior counsel assisting the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption.
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. 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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