Lawrence Jackson (judge)

Sir Lawrence Walter Jackson KCMG (1914 – 5 June 1993)[1] was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. He was appointed as a Supreme Court Judge in 1949 and became Chief Justice in 1969. He retired in 1977, and died in 1993.

His father, Lawrence Stanley Jackson, was the Australian Taxation Commissioner from 1939 to 1946.[2]

A son, Lawrence Alton Jackson, was a judge in the District Court of Western Australia from 13 July 1992 until his retirement on 16 February 2004.

A grandson, Lawrence Douglas Bignell Jackson, was elected to the Shire of Peppermint Grove council at the age of 20 in October 2021.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Sir Lawrence Jackson". Sir Lawrence Jackson Chambers. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  2. Castles, Ian, "Jackson, Lawrence Stanley (1884–1974)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 23 January 2023
  3. "Elected Members » Shire of Peppermint Grove". www.peppermintgrove.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 23 January 2023.



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