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  High Court of Australia - Justices - Justice Callinan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ian David Francis Callinan was appointed to the Court in February 1998.
Justice Callinan was appointed a Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia in 2003.
Justice Callinan is a playwright and author, a former Chairman of Trustees of the Queensland Art Gallery, a former Honorary Chairman of the Brisbane Community Arts Centre and was formerly a Director of a number of public companies as well as the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
www.hcourt.gov.au /callinanj.htm   (139 words)

  
 The Centenary of the Bar Association of Queensland, 1903 - 2003
Ian Callinan began his career as a solicitor, before being admitted to the Queensland Bar in 1965.
Ian Callinan QC and the Chief Prosecutor of Spain immediately before the proceedings for the extradition of Christopher Skase, Majorca, 1994.
the Honourable Ian Callinan QC as a Justice of the
www.courts.qld.gov.au /library/exhibition/QLDbar/notable/text7.htm   (673 words)

  
 Media Release
Noting that the second of the allegedly contemptuous books had a chapter dealing with one of the judges (Ian Callinan) and prior malfeasance by him, Hoser asked for him to be excluded from the appeal and was told that he would be.
Callinan apparently lied in proceedings relating to the case of the Hindmarsh Island Bridge in South Australia.
Callinan was forced to admit he’d previously lied and had made his decision not to disqualify himself on the wrong basis.
www.smuggled.com /medre171.htm   (2595 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Coroners' Conscience: Books: Ian Callinan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Callinan has constructed an artful ending which could be construed (wrongly) as poetic justice for this cool, aloof creature, if we hadn't sensed just how much his narrative persona admires her inner strength and independence.
Ian Callinan is a Justice of the High Court of Australia.
Callinan's cast of characters moves beyond literally the usual suspects, and instead includes in his narrative various characters who are not normally found in the "wanted for murder" category.
www.amazon.com /Coroners-Conscience-Ian-Callinan/dp/1875998667   (1309 words)

  
 Ian Callinan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born in Casino, New South Wales, he was raised in Brisbane, Queensland, and educated at Brisbane Grammar School.
He was appointed as a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1978.
He served on the board of many art galleries and was Chairman of Trustees of the Queensland Art Gallery.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ian_Callinan   (511 words)

  
 Lex Scripta
Callinan told me that I might appear as his second junior in the appeal, on three conditions: first, that I work very hard; second, that I would not be paid anything; and thirdly, as he put it, that I “shave that wretched beard off".
This is not to suggest that Callinan’s characters are mere parodies of prominent personages from the art world: one will look in vain, for example, to find an equivalent of Philip Bacon (Queensland’s leading art dealer) or Doug Hall (director of the State Gallery).
The cover includes a reproduction of an attractive work from Callinan’s private collection, although its connection with the plot is elusive, and the photographic reproduction has been cropped in a most extraordinary way so as to include varying widths of the frame on each of the four sides.
www.lexscripta.com /articles/masterpiece.html   (1157 words)

  
 A, B and big C of the media and the law - smh.com.au
Little did we appreciate when Ian Callinan was appointed to the High Court as a Big C conservative just how Big a C he would turn out to be.
Callinan has little love for the modern media, and on this topic he manages to make the rest of the chilly Gleeson court appear relatively warm-hearted.
A reading of Callinan's judgement in the Lenah Meats case would have come as great cheer to the critics of the modern media and not a little concern to its practitioners.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/01/02/1041196736677.html   (829 words)

  
 Green Left - Editorial: A new low   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Callinan is a hard core conservative and a vocal critic of the court's “judicial activism” in the Mabo case.
The Ngarrindjeri's lawyers asked Callinan to consider that there could be an “appearance of bias” if he was involved in the Hindmarsh bridge judgment and asked him to step down.
That Callinan's appointment to the High Court was politically motivated is not in doubt.
www.greenleft.org.au /1998/306/21932   (681 words)

  
 Chris Merritt: High Court odd couple both say no | News | The Australian
Justice Callinan's separate dissent warned that it was easy to foresee federal legislation allowing Canberra to control "wholly or at least partly" anyone who "deals with, purchases from or sells to a corporation".
Justice Callinan, who must retire next September when he turns 70, repeatedly condemned the majority judges for denigrating the states, and used his 165-page dissent to provide a powerful manifesto in defence of federalism.
Justice Callinan's decision to rule against the Government that appointed him to the court in 1997 firmly establishes his position as the High Court's only consistent constitutional conservative.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20759704-601,00.html   (446 words)

  
 IAMA - Media
Justice Ian Callinan has highlighted the performance of his own court to suggest the law can be expensive ``lottery''.
But Justice Callinan, whose court is considering a challenge to the Federal Government's new industrial laws, also warned of power imbalances in workplace contracts that might best be resolved in courts rather than in mediation.
Justice Callinan said the attractions of alternative dispute resolution were bound to become better known by the public.
www.iama.org.au /media/print/2006Q15.htm   (479 words)

  
 Courting a career in whodunits - National - www.theage.com.au
It happened when Justice Callinan, now 66, was studying law at the University of Queensland in the early 1960s, and has remained vivid in his mind.
A Brisbane bus driver, Plomp, 32, was convicted of the murder of his wife, Fay, by drowning her in the surf at Southport at dusk in 1961.
Justice Callinan was appointed to the High Court by the Howard Government in 1997, amid controversy.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/11/01/1067597199343.html?from=storyrhs   (495 words)

  
 Australian Crime Fiction Database - Reviews
Ian Callinan uses his insider knowledge to have some wicked fun at the expense of our State art galleries.
The culturally elitist world of running a Public Art Gallery is laid bare by Ian Callinan in The Missing Masterpiece, a lightly witty novel that highlights some of the difficulties facing an art gallery curator and the dangers of wanting something too badly.
Along the way we are served a caustic commentary on the fickle art world as art itself is overtaken by greed and self-aggrandisement of the custodians and politicians in charge of the country's state art galleries.
www.crimedownunder.com /detail/icmismas.html   (656 words)

  
 Ian Callinan QC appointed to High Court
In December 1997 the Howard Government appointed prominent Queensland barrister Mr Ian Callinan QC to become the next Justice of the High Court of Australia in February 1998 replacing retiring Justice Toohey.
Mr Callinan QC led the Crown’s historic prosecution of former High Court Justice Lionel Murphy, and he acted for the Australian Government in attempts to have Mr Christopher Skase extradited back from overseas to face justice in Australia.
For the further benefit of readers we are attaching the important Callinan submission of August 1995.
www.gwb.com.au /gwb/news/goss/callinan.html   (845 words)

  
 The Novels of a Conservative Judge - David Myers - Quadrant Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Justice Ian Callinan, one of the seven High Court judges of Australia, is widely perceived as a conservative.
IAN CALLINAN is an intellectual novelist with uncompromising heroes who do not attempt to make themselves popular or to ingratiate themselves with the media.
Callinan’s novels belong in a modernist context and eschew today’s fashionable postmodernism.
www.quadrant.org.au /php/article_view.php?article_id=227   (2082 words)

  
 Red Rag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
However Justice Ian Callinan rejected the application, finding Mr Khan does not have the authority to act on their behalf.
Justice Callinan said he was not satisfied the matter requires the intervention of the court at this stage.
Callinan has ensured — at least in the short term — that the Government’s tricky attempt to ignore people’s fundamental human rights will go unchallenged.
www.redrag.net /2003/11/14/justice-denied   (1283 words)

  
 BomberTalk - Ian Callinan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A small Forward from Tasmania his name is Ian Callinan and he wa soverlooked in the draft after training with the Bombers!....He won the JJ Liston medal as teh VFL best and Fairest and has kicked about 40 Goals for Tassies VFL side as well as winning there best and Fairest.
Methinks that i may be talking about a different Ian Callinan, though.
Callinan is 171cm but without a doubt can easily beat players bigger than him for the simple fact that he has so much heart and determination.
www.essendonfc.com.au /bombertalk5/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=34983   (589 words)

  
 The justice system goes on trial
IAN CALLINAN QC, HIGH COURT JUDGE: It is a pleasure as a member of the class, which the cartel targets to be involved in the launch of this book.
CALLINAN: I am sure that it will be a popular and well deserved success with the general public and also those within the profession who are prepared to accept that sometimes other opinions, especially opinions from outsiders are well worth considering.
IAN BARKER QC: If you ever fall foul of the system and find yourself on trial you might appreciate why we have these rules.
sunday.ninemsn.com.au /sunday/cover_stories/transcript_252.asp   (4743 words)

  
 AM - High Court judge releases fourth novel
IAN CALLINAN: The novel is about a film director reflecting on his life after he's made his best film.
IAN CALLINAN: Oh yes, of course I sleep.
IAN CALLINAN: No, I don't, I certainly don't do that but over the years, of course, as a barrister you come into contact with all sorts of different situations and they're useful.
www.abc.net.au /am/content/2003/s978303.htm   (530 words)

  
 ABC Radio National - The Law Report Transcript - September 1 1998
The allegation was that the action had been commenced in order to enable Mr Herscu to delay payment of this debt, and that Mr Callinan, as he then was as the barrister, had effectively supported the litigation knowing that there was insufficient grounds for alleging fraud, but had nonetheless supported that action.
Inquiries or attacks, not upon the reason of judges in cases which is perfectly appropriate, or upon their judicial philosophy which again is perfectly appropriate, but upon the characters of the judges themselves, and effectively upon their honesty, are potentially gravely damaging.
And I think that there's no doubt that this controversy over Justice Callinan has been going on for sufficiently long now, and in such a way as it must be raising questions in the minds of the ordinary person as to what is going on.
www.abc.net.au /rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/lstories/lr980901.htm   (4004 words)

  
 Callinan: Callinan. Tom callinan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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 Green Left - Appeal against Hindmarsh Island Bridge Act   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Prior to the hearing, Justice Ian Callinan declined to disqualify himself from the case, after the Ngarrindjeri's lawyers asked him to consider that there could be an “appearance of bias” if he was involved.
Callinan accepted that McLachlan has been a proponent of the construction of the bridge and that, at McLachlan's request, he provided draft terms of reference for the SA government inquiry into the spiritual beliefs of the Ngarrindjeri women.
One reason Callinan gives for sitting on the case is “the number of decision of this court that have been decided by the narrowest of majorities”!
www.greenleft.org.au /1998/305/22015   (829 words)

  
 The Centenary of the Bar Association of Queensland, 1903 - 2003
Justice Callinan is a keen sportsman, as both a player and a spectator.
Although professing an interest in tennis, cricket, rugby union and rugby league, it is cricket that is his main game.
The Lawyer and the Libertine, by Justice Ian Callina
www.courts.qld.gov.au /library/exhibition/QLDbar/notable/text8.htm   (240 words)

  
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Mr Callinan when he was appearing for his client today put another view of it, saying that the obligation extends more widely.
It was a matter for Mr Callinan QC to determine whether those facts were relevant to the proceedings against News Limited and Madonna King.
However, the failure of the Commission to provide Mr Marxson and therefore Mr Callinan QC with this information demonstrates a lack of co-ordination between Commission personnel, a breakdown in the lines of communication and reporting, and the general lack of leadership at that critical time.
www.gwb.com.au /gwb/goss/linder.html   (14495 words)

  
 resist the neo-con empire - Goodbye to states' rights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
To the extent that it breaks new ground, it is in the judgments of the dissenters, Justices Michael Kirby and Ian Callinan, who unsuccessfully sought to break the grip of engineers on the court.
The possibilities are as endless as the work of corporations, which are the normal way of carrying on a business in Australia.
As Callinan warned, "the reach of the corporations power, as validated by the majority, has the capacity to obliterate powers of the state hitherto unquestioned".
www.resist.com.au /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4406   (968 words)

  
 Judges bicker over asylum-seekers - SpecialsImmigration - www.smh.com.au
High Court Justice Ian Callinan has questioned why the Federal Government should not be able to lock up failed asylum seekers to stop them taking the jobs of Australians.
Justice Callinan directed his question to the barrister for a stateless Kuwaiti-born Palestinian man, Ahmed Ali Al-Kateb, who came to Australia in December 2000.
The barrister, Claire O'Connor, argued that the man, whose asylum application had been refused, should be released into the community rather than be held indefinitely because the Government had been unable to deport him as he was not entitled to Kuwaiti nationality.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/11/13/1068674317911.html   (557 words)

  
 Poachers stalking Callinan | Mercury - The Voice of Tasmania
THE Tassie Devils are in a serious battle to hold onto J.J. Liston medallist Ian Callinan.
Callinan, 23, is being head-hunted by cashed-up South Australian clubs after he again missed out on a chance with an AFL club when the Kangaroos passed him over in Tuesday's rookie draft.
Callinan is out of contract with the Devils and is now weighing up his options.
www.news.com.au /mercury/story/0,22884,20924511-13222,00.html   (592 words)

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