A Queensland silk who was subjected to comments by the late Judge Guy Andrew that an appeals court later deemed cruel and humiliating has been barred from practice after allegedly appearing in court without a practising certificate.
Family law solicitor Christopher Bowrey has been appointed to the Federal Circuit Court to replace the late Judge Guy Andrew on the bench in the court’s Townsville, Queensland registry.
Australia’s peak body representing legal professionals has called for more support for Federal Circuit and Family Court judges following the death of Judge Guy Andrew, telling Lawyerly that the “crippling pressures and workloads” faced by judges on the chronically underfunded courts created an unsafe workplace.
The Federal Circuit Court confirmed the death of Judge Guy Andrew late Thursday, after Queensland police said they found the body of a 55-year-old man, five days after he went missing in Brisbane bushland.
Queensland police are searching for Federal Circuit Court judge Guy Andrew, who was recently removed from the Townsville registry, after he went missing in Brisbane bushland on Sunday.
A judge whose conduct towards lawyers for a father in a Family Court case was condemned by an appeals court as “cruel, insulting, humiliating and rude” has been transferred to the Brisbane registry and has been ordered to receive judicial training on appropriate behaviour in court.
A custody battle in the Family Court will be reheard after an appeals court ruled the judge overseeing the matter was “hectoring, insulting, belittling, sarcastic and rude” to lawyers representing the father in the case.