Sir Garfield Edward John Barwick, AK GCMG, PC (22 June 1903 - 14 July 1997) was the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. Look up AK, aK, and ak in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... On the Orders insignia, St Michael is often depicted subduing Satan. ... A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Chief Justice of Australia is the senior justice of the High Court of Australia and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Commonwealth of Australia. ... High Court entrance The High Court of Australia is the final court of appeal in Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy. ...

Barwick was born in Sydney. His family was of modest means. A good student, he studied law and was admitted to practice. He practiced as a barrister in many jurisdictions. He was knighted in 1953. Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and with a population of over four million people is the most populous city in Australia. ... A barrister (advocate in Scotland and the Channel Islands, barrister-at-law in Ireland and elsewhere) is a lawyer found in Common law jurisdictions who principally, but not exclusively, represents litigants as their advocate before the courts of that jurisdiction. ... The silver Anglia knight, commissioned as a trophy in 2,000,000,000,001. ...

Barwick was elected to the House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Parramatta at a by-election on 8 March 1958 and re-elected in the general elections of 1958, 1961 and 1963. During his period in Parliament he served as Attorney-General and Minister for External Affairs. As Attorney-General he introduced Acts amending the Matrimonial Causes Act and the Crimes Act. He established a model for restrictive trade practices legislation. He led the Australian delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations for its fifteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth sessions. In 1964 he was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. He was instrumental in the building of the (very expensive) High Court Building in Canberra. He was appointed Privy Counsellor in 1964. Australian House of Representatives chamber Entrance to the House of Representatives The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... Parramatta is a city, suburb and Local Government Area in Sydney, Australia, 25 kilometres west of the central business district (CBD) in Western Sydney. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... March 8 poster from Portugal March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A general election is an election in which all members of a given political body are up for election. ... The Parliament of Australia is the legislative branch of Australia. ... The Attorney-General of Australia is the chief law officer of the Crown and a member of the Federal Cabinet. ... A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e. ... United Nations General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly (GA) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. ... A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ...

He is famous for advising Sir John Kerr on the constitutional legality of the possible dismissal of a Prime minister who could not obtain supply. He is often seen as responsible for the dismissal of Gough Whitlam, as it was this advice that Kerr used as a basis for the dismissal of Whitlam's Government, in contravention of Whitlam's explicit instructions not to seek Barwick's advice. Sir John Kerr Sir John Robert Kerr, AK, GCMG, GCVO, QC (24 September 1914 - 7 April 1991), 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and 18th Governor-General of Australia, dismissed the Labor government of Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975, sparking one of the most... A constitution is a system, often codified in a written document, which establishes the rules and principles by which an organization is governed. ... Gough Whitlam addresses a rally on the steps of the Old Parliament House in Canberra The Australian constitutional crisis of 1975 is generally regarded as the most significant domestic political and constitutional crisis in Australias history. ... Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister A prime minister is a politician who serves as the head of the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC (born 11 July 1916), Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia, was the only Australian Prime Minister to be dismissed by the Governor-General. ...

He retired from the bench in 1981. A court is an official, public forum which a sovereign establishes by lawful authority to adjudicate disputes, and to dispense civil, labour, administrative and criminal justice under the law. ...

Bibliography

• A Radical Tory: Garfield Barwick's Reflections and recollections, Federation Press, Sydney, 1995, ISBN 1862872368.

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See also

• Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act
• Australian constitutional crisis of 1975

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External link

• Attorney-General’s Department (Commonwealth of Australia) Sir Garfield Barwick