The Victorian Government has announced the appointment of magistrate and coroner Rosemary Carlin as a judge of the County Court of Victoria.
Ms Carlin has more than 30 years’ experience as a legal practitioner, prosecuting many jury trials and appearing regularly in the Court of Appeal.
Since being admitted to practice in 1985, Ms Carlin has held the positions of crown prosecutor for Victoria, senior crown prosecutor for the Northern Territory, and in-house counsel for the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.
She signed the Victorian Bar roll in 1991, before going on to work as a barrister for the next seven years, where she prosecuted a wide range of offences for both state and Commonwealth law enforcement agencies.
Ms Carlin regularly appeared for the federal police and other Commonwealth agencies in public interest immunity claims.
During her time as a crown prosecutor, Ms Carlin was involved in a number of significant cases, most notably R v Tang, a case that established the modern legal definition of slavery in Australia.
She was appointed as a magistrate in 2007 before being assigned to the Coroners Court in 2014, where she has conducted a number of complex medical inquests.
Ms Carlin holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours and a Bachelor of Science majoring in biochemistry from the University of Melbourne.
Source: Victorian Government