Stephen Charles

{{Short description|Australian judge (1937–2025)}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Stephen Charles | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO|size=100%}} | image =  | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Stephen Pendrill Charles | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1937|07|21}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2025|06|13|1937|07|21}} | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Judge | known_for = Judge of Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal {{small|(1995-2006)}} | education = | alma_mater = | spouse = | children = }} The Honourable '''Stephen Pendrill Charles''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (21 July 1937 – 13 June 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-19 |title=Stephen CHARLES Obituary (2025) |url=https://tributes.theage.com.au/au/obituaries/theage-au/name/stephen-charles-obituary?id=58661696 |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=Legacy.com |publisher=The Age}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=glenn |date=2025-06-17 |title=Vale — The Honourable Stephen Charles AO KC |url=https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/vale-the-honourable-stephen-charles-ao-kc/ |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=The Australia Institute |language=en-US}}</ref> was an Australian jurist who served on the Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal between 1995 and 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vicbar.com.au/GetFile.ashx?file=VicBarNewsFiles/Farewells%20137.pdf |title=Court of Appeal: Justice Stephen Charles |publisher=Victorian Bar Association |accessdate=5 October 2013}}</ref>

In 2017 Charles was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to the law and to the judiciary, particularly in the areas of commercial arbitration and mediation, to judicial administration, and to legal professional organisations.<ref name=AO>{{cite web |url=http://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2017/slkh83xzcb/AO%20Final%20Media%20Notes.pdf |title=Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia |work=Australia Day 2017 Honours List |publisher=Governor-General of Australia |date=26 January 2017 |access-date=27 January 2017 }}</ref> More recently he was on the board of the Australian Centre for Public Integrity.

With Catherine Williams he co-wrote ''Keeping Them Honest'', published in 2022 by Scribe.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Charles |first1=Stephen |title=Keeping Them Honest: the case for a genuine National Integrity Commission. |last2=Williams |first2=Catherine |date=2022 |publisher=Scribe Publications |isbn=978-1-922585-64-6 |location=Carlton North, VIC |oclc=1288339825}}</ref> The book was longlisted for the inaugural Australian Political Book of the Year in the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-03 |title=Aus Political Book of the Year 2022 longlist announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/10/03/221138/aus-political-book-of-the-year-2022-longlist-announced/ |access-date=2025-11-08 |publisher=Books+Publishing}}</ref>

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