James Burchett
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James Charles Sholto Burchett Queen's Counsel, (born 1930[1]) was Justice of the Federal Court of Australia between June 1985 and October 2000[2] and was president of the Australian Copyright Tribunal.
In 1996 he handed a series of judgements which delayed the start of the Super League rugby league breakaway competition.[3]
He conducted the 2001 Inquiry into Military Justice in the Australian Defence Force, which concluded that there was not a culture of widespread or systemic avoidance of due disciplinary processes, nor the use of violence to maintain discipline, in the ADF.[4][5]
Burchett was appointed as the independent code reviewer for the Australian copyright collecting societies' voluntary code of conduct, to monitor and report on compliance with the code.[6] He was Chairperson of the Australian Electoral Commission between 2003 and 2009.[7]
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- ^ Trove search result
- ^ Former Judges of the Federal Court of Australia
- ^ Four-year wait for Australian Super League
- ^ In the face of the Force
- ^ Justice for all; Burchett finds no culture of violence exists
- ^ James Burchett QC to Review Code of Conduct for Copyright Collecting Societies
- ^ Appointment of the Chairperson of the AEC
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