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Introduction
[edit]The Medico-Legal Society of Victoria is an Australian medical and legal organisation founded in 1931.[1] It is notable for being the oldest society of doctors and lawyers in Australia, and for having many prominent judicial, academic and senior professional members and speakers throughout its history. It is one of the world’s oldest continuously running medico-legal societies.[2] Membership of the society is by way of nomination and is open to Australian lawyers and medical practitioners.
The society describes its aims as the promotion of medico-legal knowledge and the fostering of professional and collegiate scholarship and interaction among members of the medical and legal professions.[3]
History
[edit]Established in 1931, the Society was modelled on the British Medico-Legal Society, with which it affiliated in 1932, with Lord Riddell elected an honorary member.[4] The first president was The Hon Sir William Gilbert Stewart McArthur, a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria.[5]
The society held its first meeting on 20 August 1931, with “The Medico-legal Aspect of Judicial Hanging’ by Professor Frederic Wood Jones.[6]
Presidents
[edit]Past presidents of the society include:
- Hon Mr Justice McArthur (President 1931-32, Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria)
- Dr C H Mollison (President 1932-33, first Honorary Pathologist of the Royal Children’s Hospital)
- Wilbur Ham KC (President 1933-34, Chairman of the Victoria Bar 1930-1932, 1933-1934, 1937-1937, 1939-1946)
- Dr Mark Gardner (President 1934-35)
- Wilfred Fullagar KC (President 1935-36, Judge of the High Court of Australia)
- Dr. Ernest Jones (President 1936-37, Inspector General of the Insane of Victoria)
- Rt. Hon. Sir John Latham KCMG (President 1937-38. Chief Justice of Australia, Attorney-General of Australia, Leader of the Opposition of Australia)
- Dr F Kingsley Norris (President 1939-40, Major General and Physician)
- Hon Justice Lowe (President 1940-41, Judge of the Supreme Court of Australia)
- Dr L S Latham (President 1941-46, Deputy Chancellor, University of Melbourne)
- Judge A. W. Foster (President 1946-47, Judge of the County Court of Victoria)
- Sir Victor Hurley (President 1947-48, Surgeon, Military Officer and Sportsman)
- Hon Sir Justice John Vincent Barry (President 1948-49, Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria)
- Mr. Leo Doyle (President 1949-50, notable surgeon and described as Australia’s first surgical oncologist)
- Dr. E. G. Coppel, K.C. (President 1950-51, Acting Justice of the Supreme Courts of Victoria and Tasmania)
- Dr. John Kennedy (President 1951-52)
- Hon Justice Arthur Dean (President 1952-53, Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Chancellor of University of Melbourne)
- Sir Dr C H Fitts (President 1953-54, prominent physician)
- Sir P D Phillips, QC (President 1954-55, prominent barrister)
- Dr G. Springthorpe (President 1955-56)
- Sir Douglas I Menzies, QC (President 1956-57, Judge of the High Court of Australia)
- Professor John Hayden (President 1957-58, Founding Fellow and President of the Royal Australian College of Physicians)
- Hon J. G Norris (President 1958-59, Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria)
- Dr John F Williams (President 1959-60, prominent physician)
- Sir Reginald A Smithers QC (President 1960-61, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia, Chancellor of La Trobe University)
- Dr. G. Raleigh Weigall (President 1961-62)
- Hon George H Lush QC (President 1962-63, Judge of the Supreme Court of Australia, Chancellor of Monash University)
- Dr Alex Sinclair (President 1963-64, prominent physician)
- Professor Sir David P Derham (President 1964-65, Founding Dean of the Monash University Law School and Vice-Chancellor of Melbourne University)
- Dr John B. Curtis (President 1965-66, prominent neurosurgeon)
- Hon Sir K A Aickin QC (President 1966-67, Judge of the High Court of Australia)
- Sir Dr G Newman Morris (President 1967-68, prominent surgeon)
- Sir J McI Young QC (President 1968-69, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria)
- Dr T Hurley (President 1969-70, prominent physician)
- PERIOD 1970-1975 MISSING
- Dr Ainslie Meares (President 1975-1976, prominent psychiatrist and author)
- Hon Justice Xavier Connor (President 1976-1977, Justice of the Supreme Court of ACT and Federal Court of Australia, Chair of the Victorian Bar Council )
- Dr J J Billings (President 1977-1978, prominent physician )
- S E K Hulme AM QC (President 1978-1979, prominent barrister )
- Dr F M C Forster (President 1979-1980, prominent physician )
- P C Trumble (President 1980-1981)
- Dr J W Upjohn (President 1981-1982)
- D W Rogers (President 1982-1983, prominent lawyer and businessperson and Chancellor of Monash University )
- J P Bush (President 1983-1984)
- R K Fullagar (President 1984-1985, Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria )
- David Brownbill (President 1995-1996, prominent neurosurgeon, founder of the National Stroke Foundation )
- David Wells (President 1996-1997)
- William Wilson (President 1997-1998)
- Hon Justice Murray Kellam (President 1998-1999, Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria)
- Dr John Silver (President 1999-2000)
- David Curtain QC (President 2000-2001, Chairman of the Victorian Bar, President Australian Bar Association)
- John Marum (President 2001-2002)
- MISSING: (President 2002-2003)
- Dr Max Haverfield (President 2003-2004)
- Her Honour Judge Elizabeth Curtain (President 2004-2005)
- Dr Robert Nave (President 2005-2006)
- Mary Anne Hartley (President 2006-2007)
- Dr Michael Hurley (President 2007-2008)
- Stephen Maloney KC (President 2008-2009)
- Dr Terrance Little (President 2009-2010)
- Rebecca French (President 2010-2011)
- Dr Glenn Howlett (President 2011-2012)
- Michael Regos (President 2012-2013)
- Dr Margaret Lythgo (President 2013-2014)
- Michael Gronow KC (President 2014-2015)
- Dr Vinay Rane (President 2015-2016)
- Darren Bracken (President 2016-2017)
- Dr Phoebe Mainland (President 2017-2018)
- (President 2018-2019)
- (President 2019-2020)
- (President 2020-2021)
- Dr William Edwards (President 2020-2023)
- Peter Chadwick KC (President 2023-2024)
- Dr Nicole Yap (President 2024-2025)
Members
[edit]Other notable members have included:
- Colonel Sir Ernest Edward "Weary" Dunlop
- Sir Robert Gordon Menzies
- Sir Owen Dixon
- Sir Ninian Stephen
Journal
[edit]The proceedings of the society have been published since 1931 to present. Digital versions are now published online.
References
[edit]- ^ "Medico-Legal Society of Victoria".
- ^ "Monash Law student wins national medical law essay prize, 20 December 2016".
- ^ "About - The Medico-Legal Society of Victoria".
- ^ Proceedings of the Medico-Legal Society of Victoria, Volume 1, Introduction
- ^ "Former Judicial Officers, Supreme Court of Victoria".
- ^ "The Medico-Legal Aspect of Judicial Hanging, Professor F Wood Jones" (PDF).