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Chairman
Hon Justice Peter Blaxell
Justice Blaxell graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of WA in 1967. He was an articled Clerk then Solicitor and Partner at Lavan & Walsh from 1967 to 1974.
Justice Blaxell was Coordinator of the Law Society’s Legal Assistance Scheme from 1974 to 1975 and established the Kununurra office of the Aboriginal Legal Service in 1975. He joined the Independent Bar in 1975 practising solely as a Barrister until 1991. He was a Judge of the District Court of WA from 1991 to 2005.
Justice Blaxell was appointed to the Supreme Court of Western Australia on 1st February 2005.
Justice Blaxell was an inaugural Trustee of the Special Air Service Resources Trust in 1996 and assumed the position of Deputy Chairman in 2008. He then replaced Hon David Malcolm AC QC as Chairman on the 21st October 2010.