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4 unusual facts about Diane Fingleton


Diane Fingleton

Fingleton was educated at St. Stephen's Cathedral School and All Hallows' School, in Brisbane.

Fingleton, refusing to accept the decision of the Queensland judicial system, sought special leave to take her case to the High Court of Australia.

Professor Rosemary Hunter, a supporter of Diane Fingleton and former Dean of the Griffith law school, has argued that Fingleton's case has raised a range of issues around party politics, gender politics and office politics.

Diane Fingleton is a former Queensland Magistrates Court judge, most notable for being appointed Chief Magistrate and later being convicted of the offence of intimidation of a witness, before the conviction was quashed on appeal to the High Court of Australia.



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