Len Roberts-Smith
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Len Roberts-Smith RFD QC |
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| Birth name | Leonard William Roberts-Smith |
| Born | 1946 |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service/branch | Australian Army Reserve |
| Years of service | 1964–2007 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands held | Judge Advocate General |
| Awards | Reserve Force Decoration |
| Relations | Ben Roberts-Smith (son) |
| Other work | Justice of the Supreme Court; Court of Appeal Judge |
Leonard William Roberts-Smith, RFD, QC (born 1946) is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia (WA). From February 2005, he was one of the inaugural Judges of the Court of Appeal Division, having been first appointed to the Supreme Court on 6 November 2000. From May 2007 he served as Commissioner of the Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia, having been appointed for a five-year term. He retired on 31 January 2011.
Roberts-Smith was educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Adelaide, and graduated in law from the University of Adelaide in 1969.
He and his wife Sue have two sons, Ben and Sam:
After graduating, Len Roberts-Smith went to Papua New Guinea in 1970, where he held various positions in the Crown Law Department, ultimately becoming Chief Crown Prosecutor. On Independence in 1975, he became the first public prosecutor under the new Constitution. As public prosecutor, he had responsibility for all criminal prosecutions throughout the country. He returned to South Australia in 1976 and became a stipendiary magistrate. In 1978, he was appointed the foundation director of the Legal Aid Commission of Western Australia and held this position for 11 years. In February 1989, he returned to private practice, as a barrister, and in December 1989 was appointed a Queen's Counsel.
Roberts-Smith held numerous prominent community positions. He was a former chairman of the Citizens' Advice Bureau of WA (Inc), chairman of the State Advisory Panel for Translators and Interpreters, and the president of the Civil Rehabilitation Council of WA (Inc) from 1980 to 1982. He chaired the State Government Committee of Review into the Administration of Criminal Justice in Queensland in 1993, which reported in September that year. He was counsel to the WA Parliamentary Committee on Delegated Legislation from 1989 to 1998. In 1989 he was appointed deputy president, and in 2000, president of the Equal Opportunity Commission of Western Australia.
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