Margaret Wilson (judge)

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Margaret Wilson {{post-nominals|country=AUS|KC}} (born 24 February 1953) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland in the Trial Division. She was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1992 and served on the court from 1998 until 2014. She is also a graduate of the University of Queensland school of law.{{cite web |url=http://www.sclqld.org.au/qjudiciary/profiles/mawilson/ |title=The Honourable Justice Margaret Wilson |accessdate=October 7, 2013}}

In 2014 she was appointed a judge of the Solomon Islands Court of Appeal.{{cite web |url=https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE5648b.htm |title=Wilson, Margaret |work=The Australian Women's Register |access-date=2 March 2019}} She was the first female to serve as a Judge of the Solomon Islands Court of Appeal (2014) Rachel Subusola Olutimayin{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/395831/solomon-islands-appoints-first-woman-dpp|title=Solomon Islands appoints first woman DPP|date=2019-08-02|website=RNZ |language=en-nz|access-date=2019-08-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.solomonstarnews.com/index.php/news/national/item/21763-subusola-our-new-dpp|title=Subusola our new DPP - Solomon Star News|website=www.solomonstarnews.com|access-date=2019-08-22}} was the first female to serve as Solomon Islands' Director of Public Prosecutions five years later.