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4 unusual facts about Diane Fingleton


Diane Fingleton

Fingleton was educated at St. Stephen's Cathedral School and All Hallows' School, in Brisbane.

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Fingleton, refusing to accept the decision of the Queensland judicial system, sought special leave to take her case to the High Court of Australia.

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Professor Rosemary Hunter, a supporter of Diane Fingleton and former Dean of the Griffith law school, has argued that Fingleton's case has raised a range of issues around party politics, gender politics and office politics.

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Diane Fingleton is a former Queensland Magistrates Court judge, most notable for being appointed Chief Magistrate and later being convicted of the offence of intimidation of a witness, before the conviction was quashed on appeal to the High Court of Australia.



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