Catherine Holmes

Catherine Holmes

The Honourable Justice Catherine Ena Holmes was appointed as a judge on 16 March 2000 to the Supreme Court of Queensland,cite web|accessdate=2008-03-08
url=http://www.law.uq.edu.au/judges-schedule-superior-courts-graduates-from-the-law-school
title=Judges Schedule Superior Courts - Graduates from the Law School
publisher=TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland
] which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Queensland.

Education

Holmes graduated with an Economics degree from the Australian National University in 1976. After this, she moved to Brisbane and enrolled in the University of Queensland Law School. She graduated from law school in the early 1980s, joined the office of the Official Receiver in Bankruptcy before completing the Legal Practice Course at the Queensland Institute of Technology.

Early career

In 1982, Holmes began her employment with the Prosecutions Section of the Deputy Crown Solicitor’s Office; during this time, she was appointed to the Bar. In 1986, she began private practice. The focus of her practice was criminal and administrative law. She was a member of the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal and in 1998-99 was appointed as Counsel Assisting the Forde Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions.

Judicial career

Holmes was assigned to the Supreme Court of Queensland on 16 March 2000 and, from 2005 until her elevation to the Court of Appeal, was the judge for the Mental Health Court. On 26 May 2006 Holmes was appointed to the Court of Appeals Division.

ee also

* Judiciary of Australia
* List of Judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland

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