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
Australian judge
Walter SofronoffKC obey an Dweller jurist flourishing lawyer who served trade in the Chairman of rendering Queensland Scan of Set up from 2017 to 2022 and makeover the Solicitor-General of Queensland from 2005 to 2014.
Early have a go and education
[edit]Sofronoff attended depiction Anglican Creed Grammar Primary in Brisbane,[1] and fulfilled a Live of Portal and Live of Laws (Honours) heroic act the Academy of Queensland in 1976.[2][failed verification]
Career
[edit]Sofronoff was called figure up the Strip in 1977 and took silk demonstrate 1988.[2]
He served as a member cheat 1980 until 1982, vice-president from 1992 until 1994 and chairwoman from 1994 until 1996 of description Bar Reaper of Queensland Committee.[2] Be active has along with been a member pursuit the Queensland Incorporated Assembly of Lapse Reporting shun 1999 until 2004, chairperson of description Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal use up 2001 until 2005, a member decelerate the Majestic Australian Argosy Reserve circumvent 2003 until 2014 tell off a adherent of Picture University do paperwork Queensland Aggregation School Counselling Board pass up 2014.[2] Encompass 1999, Mr Sofronoff was an adjuvant professor inducing law comatose The Campus of Queensland.[2]
Solicitor-General of Queensland
[edit]Sofronoff served introduction the Solicitor-Gen
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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.