Bernard Sugerman
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The Honourable Sir Bernard Sugerman QC LLB HonLLD (Syd) |
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Bernard Sugerman, 1947
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| Born |
Bernie Sugerman 5 July 1904 Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 3 November 1976 (aged 72) Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education |
Sydney Boys High School, Kogarah Public School |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Occupation | Judge, Barrister |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Rosenblum |
| Children | David Sugerman, Alan Sugerman |
Sir Bernard "Bernie" Sugerman (5 July 1904—3 November 1976) was an Australian barrister, legal scholar, and judge.
Bernard Sugerman was born on 5 July 1904 at Rockdale, New South Wales to Solomon Ruben Sugerman and Florrie (née Green). Florrie was from Russia and died in 1905, and Solomon Sugerman, a commercial traveller from Scotland, remarried in 1907.
Sugerman attended Kogarah Public School,Sydney Boys High School and, having won an exhibition, the University of Sydney, where he enrolled in law. He was the Wigram Allen Scholar in 1922, Pitt Cobbet Prizeman in 1922, and John George Dalley Prizeman in 1925. Sugerman graduated with an LL.B. with First-Class Honours and co-University Medallist.
Sugerman was admitted to the New South Wales Bar on 12 March 1926 and went into chambers with his friends David Roper and Alan Taylor. His practice grew slowly and he was appointed KC in October 1943, after which he began to be briefed in important constitutional cases before the High Court of Australia. He had been one of the Commonwealth's advisers at the 1942 Constitutional Convention.
Between 1926–43, He lectured at his alma mater, the Sydney Law School, on contracts, mercantile law and torts.
He became the first editor (1927–46) of the Australian Law Journal (ALJ), only leaving that post on being elevated to the bench. On the presentation of his portrait to the New South Wales Supreme Court, it was said that the "endurance, renewal and national place of the ALJ is one of his most permanent monuments."
He was editor-in-chief of the Australian Digest (1934–39) and editor of the Commonwealth Law Reports (1942–46).
Sugerman was appointed to the bench of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration to make a full bench to hear the application by trade unions for a shorter standard working week of 40 hours.
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