New judge appointed to District and Drug Courts
New judge appointed to District and Drug Courts
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A Deputy Chief Magistrate will be made a permanent judge of the District Court, the Attorney-General has announced.
Deputy Chief Magistrate Jane Mottley AM has been appointed as the newest permanent judge of the District Court and will be sworn in as the senior judge of the NSW Drug Court to replace his honour Judge Roger Dive, who is retiring next month.
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Ms Mottley was admitted as a solicitor in 1989, becoming a magistrate in 2000. She has sat in the Children’s Court and in local courts, before being appointed Deputy Chief Magistrate in 2009. Additionally, she has been an acting judge of the District Court since 2017 while presiding as a judge of the Drug Court.