10 Facts About Len Roberts-Smith

Len Roberts-Smith returned to South Australia in 1976 and became a stipendiary magistrate.

Len Roberts-Smith was a former chairman of the Citizens' Advice Bureau of WA, chairman of the State Advisory Panel for Translators and Interpreters, and the president of the Civil Rehabilitation Council of WA from 1980 to 1982.

Len Roberts-Smith chaired the State Government Committee of Review into the Administration of Criminal Justice in Queensland in 1993, which reported in September that year.

Len Roberts-Smith was counsel to the WA Parliamentary Committee on Delegated Legislation from 1989 to 1998.

Len Roberts-Smith has been an accredited Australian Advocacy Institute teacher since 1992 and was a member of the Legal Practice Board of WA between 1989 and 2000.

Len Roberts-Smith joined the Australian Army Reserve in 1964, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1969.

When he moved to Port Moresby in 1970, Len Roberts-Smith transferred to the Australian Army Legal Corps as a reservist with the rank of captain.

Len Roberts-Smith was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1986 and colonel in June 1994.

On 6 June 2002, Len Roberts-Smith was appointed Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force and was promoted to major general, having been acting in the position since 3 October 2001.

Len Roberts-Smith was responsible for making procedural rules for Service tribunals, providing the final legal review of proceedings with the Defence Force, and participating in the appointment of Judge Advocates, Defence Force Magistrates, Presidents and members of the courts martial.