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279:, although there was later friction between them, when Latham was Chief Justice. Starke had a reputation for being upfront and independent. Although it is common practice for the Chief Justice to compose a list of proposals, identifying which justice will hear which case, Starke would regularly arrive and hear cases, often without notice. Starke had a tendency to dissent from the majority opinions offered by the likes of Latham and 43: 303:
against manslaughter convictions, noted that Patel's charge sheet listed fraud charges before manslaughter charges and said: "The young Hayden Starke would have applauded this decision to place important questions of dollars and cents ahead of mere manslaughter matters".
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until he was appointed to the bench of the High Court in 1920. Between 1903 (when the High Court was created) and 1920, he appeared before the court 211 times, more than any other justice of the court.
283:. To some extent, commentators have attributed this to personal disagreements with the other justices, as well as his ideological independence. Starke thought that some justices, such as 291:, were too heavily under the influence of Owen Dixon, and is said to have referred to them as "parrots" and "worms". At one stage he was not even on speaking terms with fellow judge 492: 900: 485: 261: 890: 478: 501: 54: 362: 332: 311:. He resigned from the High Court on 31 January 1950. Starke died in 1958. A Chair of Law is named after him at the law school of 905: 419: 199:, where his father was the Chief Medical Officer of the Creswick Hospital. Dr Anthony George Hayden Starke had emigrated from 308: 176: 33: 268: 692: 272: 632: 509: 276: 236: 212: 672: 180: 449: 370: 340: 833: 797: 772: 564: 207:
in 1863 to take up the position at the new hospital in this bustling town that then rivalled
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Australian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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later that year, having won the annual Prize in Law from the
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Starke was born in 1871 in the Victorian gold rush town of
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In 1939, Starke was created a Knight Commander of the
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Starke was appointed to the High Court in 1920 by the
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Hayden Starke was educated at the 13: 367:High Court of Australia - Speeches 337:High Court of Australia - Speeches 14: 917: 309:Order of St Michael and St George 231:in 1892, and was admitted to the 227:Starke completed a course as an 157: 906:People from Creswick, Victoria 442: 1: 318: 273:Attorney-General of Australia 256:, following the death of Sir 247: 190: 222: 7: 424:The Arbitrator and Mediator 10: 922: 277:Chief Justice of Australia 861: 816: 620: 613: 593: 517: 508: 237:Supreme Court of Victoria 174:Sir Hayden Erskine Starke 167: 144: 131: 118: 113: 109: 96: 83: 71: 60: 53: 49: 40: 23: 406:10.1111/1467-8497.00232 267:Starke was a mentor to 181:High Court of Australia 135:14 May 1958 (aged 87) 343:on 28 September 2005 239:. 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The Honourable
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Justice of the High Court of Australia
Billy Hughes
Edmund Barton
Wilfred Fullagar
Creswick, Victoria
Toorak, Victoria
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High Court of Australia
Melbourne
Creswick, Victoria
Honiton
Devon
Ballarat
Scotch College
Melbourne
articled clerk
Victorian Bar
Supreme Court of Victoria
barrister
Hughes government
Edmund Barton
Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
John Latham
Attorney-General of Australia
Chief Justice of Australia
Owen Dixon
Edward McTiernan

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