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Queensland judge to step down after leaving an “unparalleled” legacy for women in the law
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by Janelle Miles
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Queensland Court of Appeal judge Anthe Philippides has resigned after two decades on the bench.
Justice Philippides has served on the Court of Appeal for six years after 14 years as a judge of the Supreme Court.
She is Queensland s most senior female judge behind Chief Justice Catherine Holmes.
Her ascension to the Queensland Supreme Court in 2000 marked the first appointment of a woman of immigrant parents to a superior court in Australia.
Justice Philippides, whose parents emigrated from Cyprus, has been a long-standing advocate for diversity and inclusion in the law. ....

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