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The Federal Circuit Court of Australia (known until 2013 as the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia)〔Federal Magistrates Act 1999 (Cth) (s 8 ).〕 is an Australian court established by the Federal Magistrates Act 1999 (Cth), now known as the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999.〔(Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999 ) in ComLaw〕 Its first judicial officers were appointed in 2000. On 12 April 2013, in recognition of its increased jurisdiction and its role as an intermediate court servicing regional centres as well as capital cities throughout Australia, it was renamed the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and its judicial officers received the title "Judge" instead of "Federal Magistrate".〔(Federal Attorney-General's announcement )〕 The Court was created to deal with the increasing workload of the Federal Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia, by hearing less complex cases for them and freeing them to deal only with more complex cases. The Court now hears over 70% of applications filed in the federal courts. It is also intended to replace (in part) the federal jurisdiction with which state courts have been invested under the Judiciary Act 1903. There are now over 60 judges of the Court. The first Chief Federal Magistrate, Diana Bryant left the court in 2004 when she was appointed Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, the third person to be appointed that position since the establishment of the Family Court. The current Chief Judge is John Pascoe AO. The current judges of the Court come from a wide variety of backgrounds, including barristers, solicitors, academic lawyers, and legal aid and public service lawyers. ==List of Federal Circuit Court Judges== The judges of the Court are (as of January 2012):〔(Federal Magistrates of the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia )〕 Federal Circuit Court judges are assisted by Associates and Deputy Associates, many of whom are qualified lawyers. The Court sits permanently in each state capital, although in Perth it only hears general federal law matters as the Family Court of Western Australia has sole jurisdiction over family law in that state. The Court also sits permanently in the major regional centres of Launceston, Cairns, Townsville, Parramatta and Newcastle and regularly circuits to a large number of regional cities to hear family law cases. The Court hears some applications and evidence by telephone or video evidence when parties or witnesses live a long way from the Court. In keeping with the Court's requirement to act as informally as possible, (section 3 ) of the Federal Circuit Court Act, barristers are not required to robe for interim or interlocutory applications and wigs are not worn for any occasion. Barristers are only required to robe for final hearings before the Federal Circuit Court for all judgments, trials and contested hearings in which oral evidence is to be adduce (practice direction number 1 of 2010 ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Federal Circuit Court of Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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