James Burchett
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Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates James Charles Sholto Burchett Queen's Counsel, born in Goodooga, New South Wales, on 11 October 1930,<ref>Jim Burchett. The Sydney Morning Herald.</ref> died 30 September 2012,<ref>James Charles BURCHETT Obituary. The Sydney Morning Herald.</ref> was Justice of the Federal Court of Australia between June 1985 and October 2000<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and was president of the Australian Copyright Tribunal.
In 1996 he handed a series of judgements which delayed the start of the Super League rugby league breakaway competition.<ref>Four-year wait for Australian Super League. The Independent. (12 March 1996).</ref>
He conducted the 2001 Inquiry into Military Justice in the Australian Defence Force, which concluded that there was not a culture of widespread or systemic avoidance of due disciplinary processes, nor the use of violence to maintain discipline, in the ADF.<ref>In the face of the Force. The Sydney Morning Herald.</ref><ref>Justice for all; Burchett finds no culture of violence exists Template:Webarchive. Defence.gov.au (30 August 2001).</ref>
Burchett was appointed as the independent code reviewer for the Australian copyright collecting societies' voluntary code of conduct, to monitor and report on compliance with the code.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was Chairperson of the Australian Electoral Commission between 2003 and 2009.<ref>Appointment of the Chairperson of the AEC Template:Webarchive</ref>
Burchett also served as a judge on the Court of Appeal of Tonga.