10 Facts About Sandy Street

Alexander Street was born in Sydney to Laurence Whistler Street and Susan Gai Street, the first female chair of the Eastern Sydney Health Service.

Sandy Street descends from the Australian politicians Commandant William Lawson, John Street, John Watt, George Holden, and Edward Ogilvie.

Sandy Street's sister, Sylvia Emmett, is a former federal judge and reserve naval commander.

Sandy Street's brother-in-law, Arthur Emmett, is a former federal judge and Challis Lecturer in Roman Law at Sydney Law School.

Sandy Street has four children: Charles Street, a barrister; Jack Street, a lawyer; Lucy Street and Heidi Street.

On 1January 2015, Sandy Street was appointed to the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, now the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, by the Attorney-General George Brandis.

In 2015, one of Sandy Street's rulings was overturned by the full Federal Court on appeal after he dismissed a cerebral palsy sufferer's claim of discrimination and pursuit of damages against Virgin Australia for refusing to allow his guide dog on a flight.

In that same period, Sandy Street disposed of 286 cases while his eight judicial colleagues disposed of a combined 357 cases.

Sandy Street was accused of lacking procedural fairness and over 80 of his rulings were subsequently overturned in five years.

In 2022, Sandy Street was criticised for displaying bias in a bankruptcy dispute.