Elizabeth Lillian Fullerton was born on 27 December 1953 and is an Australian lawyer, specialising in criminal law, who has been a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales since February 2007.
15 Facts About Elizabeth Fullerton
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In 1977, Elizabeth Fullerton traveled to Israel to live and work in a kibbutz.
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Elizabeth Fullerton commenced studying Arts and Law at Monash University in 1978 before transferring to the University of NSW where she graduated in June 1983.
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On 30 May 2019, Elizabeth Fullerton was awarded the honorary degree Doctor of Laws by Monash University.
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Elizabeth Fullerton was admitted as a barrister in December 1983, with Carolyn Simpson as her tutor.
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Elizabeth Fullerton occupied the Women's room in Frederick Jordan Chambers, a room established to encourage female barristers in their first year.
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In 1985 and 1986 Elizabeth Fullerton was part of the legal team, led by Ian Barker that appeared for the Northern Territory at the Royal Commission into the Conviction of Lindy Chamberlain.
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In 1988 Elizabeth Fullerton was appointed to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions as one of the first in house counsel, before returning to the private bar the following year.
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Elizabeth Fullerton was one of the barristers who appeared for Rodney Adler in relation to the collapse of HIH Insurance.
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Since her appointment to the Supreme Court in 2007 Elizabeth Fullerton has been the trial judge in numerous high-profile criminal trials.
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Justice Elizabeth Fullerton sentenced Nguyen imprisonment for 9 years and 6 months, with a non-parole period of 7 years.
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In 2014 Elizabeth Fullerton was the judge in the trial of Paul Mulvihill, who a jury convicted of the stabbing murder of his former lover Rachelle Yeo and Elizabeth Fullerton sentenced him to a maximum 29 years in prison.
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Elizabeth Fullerton was the judge in the trial of Adeel Khan, who was convicted of the murder of Chris Noble and the manslaughter of Bianka O'Brien and her baby son Jude following a fire in Khan's shop at Rozelle.
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Elizabeth Fullerton was the judge in the third trial of Robert Xie, who had been charged with the murder of 5 members of the Lin family.
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The jury was unable to agree on a verdict, and Elizabeth Fullerton was the judge in the fourth trial in which Xie was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for life.