SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 - SECT 24 Seniority

SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 - SECT 24

24 Seniority

(1) The Chief Justice is senior to all other judges of the court.

(2) The President of the Court of Appeal is senior to all other judges of the court apart from the Chief Justice.

(3) Judges of appeal have seniority after the President of the Court of Appeal, and have seniority in relation to each other according to the dates of their commissions as judges of appeal.

(4) If the commissions of 2 or more judges of appeal have the same date, the judges of appeal have seniority in relation to each other according to the seniority assigned by their commissions or, in the absence of such an assignment, according to the order of their being sworn in.

(5) The Senior Judge Administrator has seniority after the judges of appeal.

(6) The remaining judges have seniority in relation to each other according to the dates of their commissions.

(7) If the commissions of 2 or more judges have the same date, the judges have seniority in relation to each other according to the seniority assigned by their commissions or, in the absence of such an assignment, according to the order of their being sworn in.

(8) In subsections (6) and (7) , a reference to a judge includes a judge who has ceased to be the Senior Judge Administrator.