Peter Quinlan

The Honorable Chief Justice
Peter Quinlan
SC
14th Chief Justice of Western Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 August 2018[1][2]
Preceded byWayne Martin
Solicitor-General of Western Australia
In office
1 July 2016 – 10 October 2018
Preceded byGrant Donaldson[3]
Lieutenant Governor of Western Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 November 2019
Preceded byWayne Martin
Personal details
Born (1970-06-16) 16 June 1970 (age 54)[4]
Children5

Peter Damien Quinlan, SC is the Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia. He was sworn in on the 27 November 2019.[5] He is also the Chief Justice of Western Australia. His appointment was announced on 1 August 2018,[6] and took effect on 13 August.[1][2] He was the Solicitor-General of Western Australia from 2016 to 2018.[7]

Quinlan attended John XXIII College[4][8]: 10:42/10:46  before studied commerce and law at the University of Western Australia; he won the HCF Keall Prize for best final year student. He worked in the Crown Solicitor's Office from 1993 to 1995 as an assistant to the Solicitor General, then again from 1996 working in constitutional and administrative law.[3]

In 2001, Quinlan commenced practising as a barrister. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2010, and was president of the WA Bar Association from 2012 to 2015. He was appointed as Solicitor-General of Western Australia on 1 July 2016.[3] He has also served as director of the Law Council of Australia, and on the board of governors for the University of Notre Dame.[3][9]

  1. ^ a b "Peter Quinlan named new WA chief justice". Yahoo!7. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b Michael Pelly (2 August 2018). "No justice with news of chief justice Peter Quinlan". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "New Solicitor-General appointed". Government of Western Australia. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  4. ^ a b "The Hon Chief Justice Peter Damien Quinlan". Supreme Court of Western Australia. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Lieutenant Governor". Government House Western Australia. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  6. ^ Tim Clarke (1 August 2018). "New court chief's aim is justice for all". The West Australian. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  7. ^ Jerome Doraisamy (1 August 2018). "Western Australia Attorney-General John Quigley has named the next top judge for Australia's Wildflower State". Lawyers Weekly. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference WelcomeVideo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "The Law Society of Western Australia congratulates Peter Quinlan SC on his appointment as the 14th Chief Justice of Western Australia". The Law Society of Western Australia. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.