Madeleine A Stone Barrister at Law
5 October 2022
Following Madeleine's Admission as a Legal Practitioner, Supreme Court of Queensland, 23 November 2020, and subsequent completion of the specialist Bar Practice Course Madeleine signed the Roll of Counsel at the Queensland Bar on 5 October 2022. Madeleine A Stone Barrister at Law in residence at Carson Chambers, Brisbane. A momentous and historic day for Madeleine and the Stone family.
To understand the specialty of the Bar as distinct from solicitors defer to one of the finest statements of the role and functions of barristers found as part of the remarks of Sir Owen Dixon, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1952 to 1964, a Justice of that Court from 1929 to 1952, and a barrister from 1910 to 1929. On his swearing-in as Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia:
'The Bar has traditionally been, over the centuries, one of the four original learned professions. It occupied that position in tradition because it formed part of the use and the services of the Crown in the administration of justice. But because it is the duty of the barrister to stand between the subject and the Crown, and between the rich and the poor, the powerful and the weak, it is necessary that, while the Bar occupies an essential part in the administration of justice, the barrister should be completely independent and work entirely as an individual, drawing on his own resources of learning, ability and intelligence, and owing allegiance to none'.
- Document type: Photo
- Family group: STONE (John & Harriett)
- Person: Madeleine Antonia STONE
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