District Court of South Australia

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The District Court building.

The District Court of South Australia is South Australia's principal trial court.

The Court’s work is in four areas: civil, criminal, administrative and disciplinary, and criminal injuries. The District Court can hear criminal matters, except for offences related to murder and treason. It also has jurisdiction over criminal injuries compensation claims. There are 19 judges in total.

The Court sits in Adelaide and conducts circuits in Mount Gambier, Berri, Port Pirie, Whyalla and Port Lincoln (civil), and Mount Gambier and Port Augusta (criminal).

1 Current Judges of the District Court
2 External links

[edit] Current Judges of the District Court

(Date of appointment appears in brackets.)

[edit] Chief Judge

His Honour Chief Judge Terence Anthony Worthington (4 December 1997)

[edit] Judges

His Honour Judge Malcolm Lindsay Robertson (13 June 1996)
His Honour Judge Peter Anthony John Herriman (22 January 1998)
Her Honour Judge Andrea Simpson (24 September 1998)
His Honour Judge Geoffrey Louis Muecke (1 April 1999)
His Honour Judge David William Smith (9 September 1999)
His Honour Judge Paul John Rice (3 October 2000)
His Honour Judge Dean Ernest Clayton (3 April 2003)
Her Honour Judge Patricia Kelly (21 August 2003)
His Honour Judge Steven Albert Millsteed (19 July 2004)
His Honour Judge Michael Thomas Boylan (7 October 2004)
His Honour Judge Barry Francis Beazley (10 March 2005)
His Honour Judge Gordon Fraser Barrett (19 May 2005)
His Honour Judge Wayne Cromwell Chivell (9 June 2005)
Her Honour Judge Marie Elizabeth Shaw (9 June 2005)
His Honour Judge Sydney William Tilmouth (9 June 2005)
His Honour Judge David Cameron Lovell (4 May 2006)
His Honour Judge Rauf Soulio (12 October 2006)
His Honour Judge Kevin Gordon Nicholson (2 November 2006)