David Hunt (judge)

{{Short description|Australian judge (1935–2019)}}

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David Anthony Hunt {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|sep=,|AO|QC}} (15 February 1935 – 19 July 2019)[https://web.archive.org/web/20030114003430/https://aija.org.au/tech3/HuntCV.htm His Excellency the Hon DAVID ANTHONY HUNT AO] at the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration (via archive.org). Retrieved 24 April 2011{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/former-supreme-court-judge-david-hunt-dies-at-84-20190720-p5291t.html|title=Former Supreme Court judge David Hunt dies at 84|last=Singhal|first=Pallavi|date=20 July 2019|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=20 July 2019}} was an Australian judge who served on the Supreme Court of New South Wales, where he was the Chief Judge at Common Law,[http://www.judcom.nsw.gov.au/about-the-commission/judcom-20years-web.pdf From controversy to credibility: 20 years of the Judicial Commission of New South Wales] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726015924/http://www.judcom.nsw.gov.au/about-the-commission/judcom-20years-web.pdf |date=26 July 2011 }}, 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2011 and the Judicial Commission of New South Wales. Subsequent to his retirement in 1998, Justice Hunt joined the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia[http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/r93participants Report 93 (1999) - Review of Section 316 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW): Participants], published 2 May 2001. Retrieved 24 April 2011 (where he signed the warrant for the arrest of Slobodan Milošević){{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/judge-sentenced-milat-and-indicted-serbian-leader-slobodan-milosevic-20190725-p52apg.html|title=Judge sentenced Milat and indicted Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic|date=26 July 2019|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=1 August 2019}} and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.[http://www.arushatimes.co.tz/2002/27/un_tribunal_1.htm Appeal chamber confirms it: Bagilishema is free] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928073006/http://www.arushatimes.co.tz/2002/27/un_tribunal_1.htm|date=28 September 2011}}, at the Arusha Times, by Hirondelle News Agency; published 6 July 2002. Retrieved 24 April 2011 Gabrielle Louise McIntyre served as his legal adviser at the ICTY.

He studied arts and law at the University of Queensland.{{Cite news |last=Singhal |first=Pallavi |date=20 July 2019 |title=Former Supreme Court judge David Hunt dies at 84 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/former-supreme-court-judge-david-hunt-dies-at-84-20190720-p5291t.html |access-date=10 April 2024 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}

Justice Hunt was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2000 Australia Day Honours for "service to the judiciary, to the law and to the community particularly in the areas of criminal law, the law of defamation, and international law in defence of human rights".{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1129643|title=His Excellency The Honourable David Anthony Hunt|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722110032/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1129643 |archive-date=22 July 2019 |access-date=29 December 2019}}

Justice Hunt is remembered as the judge who sentenced serial killer Ivan Milat.

Justice Hunt was the father of political satirist Simon Hunt, sometimes known as Pauline Pantsdown.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/hanson-stung-by-the-peril-of-pauline-1175860.html Hanson stung by the peril of Pauline], by Robert Milliken, at the Independent; published 3 October 1998. Retrieved 24 April 2011