Sir Lawrence Walter Jackson KCMG (1914 – 5 June 1993) was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. He was appointed as a Supreme Court Judge in 1949 and became Chief Justice in 1969. He retired in 1977, and died in 1993.

His father, Lawrence Stanley Jackson, was the Australian Taxation Commissioner from 1939 to 1946.

Lawrence Jackson (judge)

A son, Lawrence Alton Jackson, was a judge in the District Court of Western Australia from 13 July 1992 until his retirement on 16 February 2004.

Lawrence Jackson (judge)

A grandson, Lawrence Douglas Bignell Jackson, was elected to the Shire of Peppermint Grove council at the age of 20 in October 2021.

Lawrence Jackson (judge)

See also

Judiciary of Australia

References

1914 births

1993 deaths

Australian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Chief Justices of Western Australia

Judges of the Supreme Court of Western Australia

University of Western Australia chancellors