James Burchett

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James Charles Sholto Burchett Queen's Counsel, born in Goodooga, New South Wales, on 11 October 1930,[http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/born-advocate-worked-to-the-very-end-20121112-298ae.html Jim Burchett]. The Sydney Morning Herald. died 30 September 2012,[http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?pid=160235898 James Charles BURCHETT Obituary]. The Sydney Morning Herald. was Justice of the Federal Court of Australia between June 1985 and October 2000{{Cite web |url=http://www.fedcourt.gov.au/aboutct/jj_former.html |title=Former Judges of the Federal Court of Australia |access-date=16 August 2010 |archive-date=10 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410172817/http://www.fedcourt.gov.au//aboutct/jj_former.html |url-status=dead }} and was president of the Australian Copyright Tribunal.

In 1996 he handed a series of judgements which delayed the start of the Super League rugby league breakaway competition.[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/fouryear-wait-for-australian-super-league-1341696.html Four-year wait for Australian Super League]. The Independent. (12 March 1996).

He conducted the 2001 Inquiry into Military Justice in the Australian Defence Force, which concluded that there was not a culture of widespread or systemic avoidance of due disciplinary processes, nor the use of violence to maintain discipline, in the ADF.[http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/In-the-face-of-the-Force/2005/04/18/1113676701510.html In the face of the Force]. The Sydney Morning Herald.[http://www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews/editions/1034/story01.htm Justice for all; Burchett finds no culture of violence exists] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110327110618/http://www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews/editions/1034/story01.htm |date=27 March 2011 }}. Defence.gov.au (30 August 2001).

Burchett was appointed as the independent code reviewer for the Australian copyright collecting societies' voluntary code of conduct, to monitor and report on compliance with the code.{{cite web |url=https://www.artslaw.com.au/article/code-of-conduct-for-copyright-collecting-societies/ |title=Code of Conduct for Copyright Collecting Societies |publisher=Arts+Law |date=31 December 2003 |access-date=21 December 2021 |quote=The Collecting Societies were subject to their first monitor and review by the Honourable JCS Burchett QC. Mr Burchett’s findings were published on 26 September 2003.}} He was Chairperson of the Australian Electoral Commission between 2003 and 2009.[http://www.smos.gov.au/media/2009/mr_242009.html Appointment of the Chairperson of the AEC] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018115315/http://www.smos.gov.au/media/2009/mr_242009.html |date=18 October 2009 }}

Burchett also served as a judge on the Court of Appeal of Tonga.