Ted Mullighan

Edward Picton "Ted" Mullighan, QC (25 March 1939 – 16 September 2011) was an Australian judge, who was Commissioner of the Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry[1] appointed by the Government of South Australia.[2][3]

For American baseballer, see Eddie Mulligan.

Mullighan had practised law from 1962, was made Queen's Counsel in 1978,[4] and was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia from 1989. He was a member of the Commonwealth Legal Aid Review Committee, President of the Law Society of South Australia, and co-chair of Reconciliation SA.

Mullighan died in Adelaide, aged 72.[5]

References
  1. "Commission of Inquiry (Children in State Care and Children on APY Lands) Act 2004" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2008. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
  2. Commission of Inquiry into Children in State Care, National Link-Up News, 5 April 2005
  3. The Hon. E.P. Mullighan QC Commissioner, (31 March 2008), Children In State Care Commission Of Inquiry Allegations Of Sexual Abuse And Death From Criminal Conduct Presented To The South Australian Parliament Retrieved 28 February 2016
  4. Elliott, Jack (2000). Memoirs of a Barrister. Adelaide: Wakefield Press. ISBN 1-86254-522-7.
  5. Former South Australian Supreme Court judge Ted Mullighan dies, The Australian, 16 September 2011.


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