Australia Lawyers Weekly.
In deciding which judges should be covered by judicial immunity in the event of a civil lawsuit, Justice James Edelman and Justice Simon Steward said it was time the terms “inferior court” and “superior court” were abolished, particularly given the standard of work in each
An inferior court refers to courts below the Supreme Courts, but it also includes the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA).
For Judge Salvatore Vasta – who hand a hand in the wrongful imprisonment of a father – his status as an “inferior court” judge of the FCFCOA meant the Federal Court found he was not entitled to the judicial immunity that had been afforded to judges of a higher court.
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