- Andrew Wadham appointed as a new Magistrate of the WA Magistrates Court
- The experienced legal practitioner has a strong criminal law background
- Mr Wadham will commence his new role on 19 May 2025
Andrew Wadham has been appointed to the Magistrates Court of Western Australia.
Mr Wadham joins the judiciary after working for the past decade in private practice specialising in the area of criminal law.
Admitted to practice in 2010, he started his career at Legal Aid WA where he provided advice, advocacy and court representation in criminal matters.
His three years as a solicitor and barrister there included a secondment to the Aboriginal Legal Service in Kalgoorlie.
Mr Wadham subsequently gained commercial litigation experience in London at a multinational law firm.
He then spent more than five years at a private legal firm in Perth predominantly prosecuting regulatory offences in the criminal jurisdiction.
In 2020, Mr Wadham established his own firm where he continued to specialise in representing clients in criminal and regulatory offence cases as well as restraining order matters.
He fills one of two Magistrate vacancies and will commence his new role on 19 May 2025.
As stated by Attorney General Dr Tony Buti:
"I congratulate Andrew Wadham on his appointment to the Magistrates Court.
"During his time in private practice, Mr Wadham regularly acted and appeared as counsel on a range of complex matters in a number of courts.
"He also assisted clients with disabilities and diagnosed mental illness through the Start Court and the Intellectual Disability Diversion Program.
"Mr Wadham is well respected in the legal profession and his criminal law expertise makes him well suited to help manage the Magistrates Court's significant workload."
