«His nickname, Lorenzo the Magnificent, was well earned

Malcolm Turnbull remembers mentor Sir Laurence Street

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In front of a who’s who of NSW’s legal and political fraternities, Sir Laurence’s wife Lady Penny Street recalled her husband’s love of the bush, music, literature and horses.

«Poetry nurtured Laurence’s romantic soul,» Lady Street said.

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull spoke of his friend and mentor, who gave him counsel as a student and a young lawyer.

«As a barrister, he was as eloquent as he was moncler factory outlet erudite, as formidable as he was fashionable,» he said.

«Laurence had movie star good looks coupled with a charisma, charm and intellect, a humility, a humanity that swept all before him.»

‘Lorenzo the Magnificent’ Mr Turnbull said Sir Laurence seemed unburdened by his lineage as the third in line to be chief justice after his father and moncler jackets outlet grandfather.

«He wasn’t lofty or snobbish,» the Prime Minister said. «His nickname, Lorenzo the Magnificent, was well earned. But he enjoyed ceremony without pomp, or at least without pomposity.»

The Prime Minister recalled how the former moncler outlet online Supreme https://www.beautylyrics.com moncler outlet Court Justice provided a reference for him to apply for a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford.

«He was so generous with his counsel and time to me, and so many others.»

In front of a crowd including former NSW premiers Barry O’Farrell and Barrie Unsworth, High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson recounted his friend and mentor’s great success at the cheap moncler coats bar and on the bench.

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«And that it’s not meant as a minefield for the unwary, but a way of finding just solutions to practical problems.»

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At the age of 47, Sir Laurence was the second youngest chief justice. Justice Gleeson said many in the profession were surprised by his success at the Court of Criminal Appeal.

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He also spoke of his father’s determination to serve the nation and its people through the law.

«For most of my father’s professional career, like his two paternal forbears, he served under the coat of arms carrying a rampant lion and a kangaroo, the NSW Coat of Arms.

«The kangaroo from the State and Commonwealth coat of arms was deeply inspiring for Laurence, as he loved this sunburnt country and he both respected and loved our wonderful Indigenous people, their culture and heritage.

«Laurence was driven by a commitment to all the people in the union of the Commonwealth of Australia by advancing the supremacy of the rule of law, which he did at the bar, on the bench and after with his 50 cent coin and the litigation train approach to mediation.».