MEDIA RELEASE
Mr Nicholas Hasluck AM QC will be sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia at a ceremony at Government House on Monday, 1 May at 8.45am.
His Excellency the Governor Major General Michael Jeffery will perform the ceremony in the Government House Dining Room.
Cameras will be permitted. Interested media representatives should report to the security post within Government House grounds by 8.30am.
Following the swearing-in ceremony, a special sitting of the Full Court of the Supreme Court will be held in Court 1, commencing at 9.30 am, to formally welcome Mr Hasluck to the bench.
This ceremony will include addresses by the Chief Justice of Western Australia, The Hon David Malcolm AC, Solicitor General Robert Meadows QC, the President of the Western Australian Bar Association, Mr Philip Eaton and the President of the Law Society of Western Australia, Mr Gregory Boyle.
Cameras will be permitted in the courtroom to film the proceedings but should set up by 9.15am.
| Media Contact: | Carol Buckley, Deputy Official Secretary Government House tel: 9429 9199 |
| Val Buchanan or David Hynes Public Information Officers for the Courts tel: 9421 5303 or pager 9324 4319 |
