Four new magistrates will bring a diversity of experience to the Local Court of NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NSW Attorney General Michael Daley welcomed the expertise of the new appointees, Danielle Mansour, Jennifer Wong, Maryanne Higginson and Rachael Wong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They bring more than eight decades of legal experience between them, with professional backgrounds spanning the Crown Solicitor\u2019s Office, the NSW Police, the court registry, advocacy for victims and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the swearing in of the new magistrates, there are now 79 female and 75 male magistrates in the NSW Local Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NSW Attorney General Michael Daley said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese four remarkable women are excellent appointments for the NSW Local Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe live in a diverse society in NSW and judicial officers need to reflect the community in which they serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe new magistrates have an impressive range of experience across the justice system and will be a tremendous asset to the Local Court.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ms Mansour has two decades\u2019 experience in criminal law, most recently as solicitor advocate with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. She commenced her career with the NSW Police, where her roles included work as a liaison officer with diverse communities and as a Police Prosecutor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ms Wong has spent more than a decade at the Crown Solicitor\u2019s Office, primarily with the Child Protection Practice Group. Admitted as a solicitor in 1999, her career spans Victims Services, Women\u2019s Legal Services NSW and the Community Legal Service for Western NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ms Higginson has 35 years’ experience in NSW Local Courts and the administration of justice. She has held the position of Senior Manager and Hub Registrar, Illawarra South Region Hub, since 2021. Admitted as a solicitor in 1996, Ms Higginson\u2019s career has covered senior management roles in the Children\u2019s Court, the Sydney Civil Registry, the Downing Centre Local Court and policy officer roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ms Wong has most recently been a solicitor at the Kingsford Legal Centre. Prior to this Ms Wong spent almost a decade with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, worked at the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW\/ACT) in Dubbo and with the NSW Crime Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Four new magistrates will bring a diversity of experience to the Local Court of NSW. NSW Attorney General Michael Daley welcomed the expertise of the new appointees, Danielle Mansour, Jennifer Wong, Maryanne Higginson and Rachael Wong. They bring more than eight decades of legal experience between them, with professional backgrounds spanning the Crown Solicitor\u2019s Office, … Continue reading “Four magistrates appointed to the NSW Local Court”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28007,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28006\/revisions\/28007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\n\n\nMagistrates\u2019 biographies:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Danielle Mansour<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Jennifer Wong<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Maryanne Higginson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Rachael Wong<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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