Street family

Kenneth Street

The Street family is the only three-generation dynasty in Australian judicial appointments. Three members of the family were Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales. The narrator of the ABC series, Dynasties said: "Among the great and powerful of the law, no family sits higher than the Streets. They've been at the forefront of the legal establishment for over a century. Three successive generations of Street men have been Chief Justices of New South Wales."[1]

Sir Laurence's elder daughter, Sylvia Emmett, and his younger son, Alexander Whistler Street SC are both judges of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, and his younger daughter, Sarah, is a solicitor turned head-hunter with Carmichael Fisher. His grandson, James Emmett, is a junior barrister in Sydney. Another grandson, Charles Street, is a maritime lawyer at Norton Rose Fulbright Australia. Another grandson, Robert Emmett, pleaded guilty on 1 May 2015 to child sex offences committed while working as a teacher at St Andrew's Cathedral School.[5] A granddaughter, Isabella Street, is also a solicitor.[6] Street's son-in-law, the Hon. Justice Arthur Emmett, was a judge of the Federal Court of Australia. He was appointed to the New South Wales Court of Appeal at a formal ceremony on Thursday, 7 March 2013.[7]

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