13 Facts About Robyn Layton

Robyn Layton was author of the South Australian Child Protection review known as "the Layton report" in 2003, and a member and then chair of the International Labour Organization's Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations from 1993 to 2008.

Robyn Layton had a diverse practice as a solicitor, working in criminal, industrial and family law.

Robyn Layton did pro bono work for people opposed to the Vietnam War, both conscientious objectors and demonstrators.

Robyn Layton was appointed to the South Australian Industrial Court in 1978, before accepting a position as a Deputy President of the Commonwealth Administrative Appeals Tribunal from 1985 until 1989.

From 1993 to 2008, Robyn Layton served as a member and later chair of the Committee of Experts on Application of Conventions of the International Labour Organization in Geneva, and since then has served as a consultant to the organisation.

In 2003 Our best investment: a state plan to protect and advance the interests of children, known as the "Robyn Layton Report", was published This work focussed particularly on inter-agency co-ordination; services to families and youth; young people under guardianship of the Minister; adolescents at risk, children and young people with disabilities and Aboriginal issues.

On 14 February 2005 Robyn Layton became the fourth woman appointed to the Supreme Court and with Margaret Nyland and Ann Vanstone formed the first all female Court of Criminal Appeal in South Australia.

Robyn Layton retired from the Court on 3 September 2010.

From 2013 to 2014, Robyn Layton chaired an Independent Review Panel which undertook a review of the APY Land Rights Act 1981, which aimed to improving the governance of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands.

Robyn Layton is patron of several organisations, including the Women's Legal Services SA and the Migrant Resource Centre.

Robyn Layton was made an Officer of the Order of Australia on 26 January 2012 "For distinguished service to the law and to the judiciary, particularly through the Supreme Court of South Australia, as an advocate for Indigenous, refugee and children's rights, and to the community".

Robyn Layton was recognised as the "South Australian of the Year" in 2012.

Robyn Layton remarried Christopher Sibree and had one more child, Anne Sibree.