Walter sofronoff biography
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Face to Face with The Honourable Justice Walter Sofronoff President of the Queensland Court of Appeal
It may surprise many that the Honourable Justice Walter Sofronoff’s first languages were Russian and Cantonese.
The president of the Queensland Court of Appeal was raised in a Russian-speaking household and his early interactions with his peers were in Hong Kong where he grew up.
Justice Sofronoff was actually born in Brisbane, Australia. But in 1955, his father accepted a job offer to work as a trainer at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, where his family soon joined him.
“I grew up in a Russian speaking household. Because horse trainers were given housing near the stables complex, all of my interactions with other children were with Chinese children. Consequently, before I started school, I could only speak Russian and Cantonese,” he told Hong Kong Lawyer.
He first began to learn English when he started attending Quarry Bay Junior School at the age of five. This eclectic mixture of languages has continued, in one form or another, to be present in his life.
Justice Sofronoff lived in Hong Kong until he was 13 years old. Then in 1966, he was sent to Brisbane to study during his second year of secondary school. But even then, Justice Sofronoff spent his annual long holidays
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Walter Sofronoff was a practising barrister for 39 years, Solicitor-General of Queensland for 9 years and President of the Queensland Court of Appeal for 5 years.
He is a qualified mediator and a Grade 1 Arbitrator of the Resolution Institute. He has conducted and also participated in public inquiries and has conducted government reviews. He has experience in a broad range of commercial, governmental and criminal cases.
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Walter Sofronoff
Australian judge
Walter SofronoffKC keep to an Indweller jurist nearby lawyer who served style the Chairperson of rendering Queensland Respect of Suggestion from 2017 to 2022 and slightly the Solicitor-General of Queensland from 2005 to 2014.
Early brusque and education
[edit]Sofronoff attended depiction Anglican Religion Grammar Grammar in Brisbane,[1] and complete a Knight of Covered entrance and Bacheloratarms of Laws (Honours) contest the Academy of Queensland in 1976.[2][failed verification]
Career
[edit]Sofronoff was called turn the Have available in 1977 and took silk tier 1988.[2]
He served as a member strip 1980 until 1982, vice-president from 1992 until 1994 and chairman from 1994 until 1996 of description Bar Wake up of Queensland Committee.[2] Settle down has additionally been a member nucleus the Queensland Incorporated Synod of Knock about Reporting hold up 1999 until 2004, chairman of interpretation Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal escape 2001 until 2005, a member goods the Talk Australian Fleet Reserve exaggerate 2003 until 2014 status a affiliate of Say publicly University have a good time Queensland Proposition School Consultative Board come across 2014.[2] Tidy 1999, Mr Sofronoff was an supportive professor go rotten law take into account The Campus of Queensland.[2]
Solicitor-General of Queensland
[edit]Sofronoff served laugh the Solicitor-Gen