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Supreme Court Judge Alan Blow has been announced as Tasmania’s new Chief Justice.
He will replace Ewan Crawford who will retire at the end of April.
Attorney-General Brian Wightman made the announcement in Parliament.
He said Justice Blow was highly qualified to take on the new role.
“He’s held many distinguished positions in a career spanning 40 years in the Supreme Court, both here in Tasmania and New South Wales.”
Mr Wightman also announced two new appointments to the Supreme Court bench; barrister Stephen Estcourt QC and Launceston Magistrate Robert Pearce.
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More than five years after missing out on a magistrate’s position, Simon Cooper has now been appointed to the job.
The former Attorney-General Steve Kons was forced to resign from the frontbench after misleading Parliament about shredded documents recommending Mr Cooper’s appointment as a magistrate.
The scandal led to a shake-up of the protocols for hiring magistrates and judges.
Simon Brown was also appointed a magistrate.
