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OPINION: Jayne Jagot is highly regarded for her humanity, collegiality, even temper, work ethic and clear thinking.

Attorneys-general always insist their judicial appointments – especially to the High Court – are made “on merit”. This time you can believe it.

But the credentials of Jayne Jagot make it a happy coincidence, given she was not only the best female candidate but also the best candidate – full stop.Peter Rae Gaudron looked forward to the day that women held sway, but she did say that true equality would only be reached when the court had seven female judges. Only that would make up for the previous imbalance.

The AG even admitted there was pressure in the cabinet for someone from South Australia. A Sydney-based Federal Court colleague of Justice Jagot, Wendy Abraham, was the most obvious candidate given it has never supplied a High Court justice.However, all the leading candidates came from NSW, with Justin Gleeson, SC, and Robert Beech-Jones of the NSW Court of Appeal the others that were prominent in discussions.

 

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