Peter Garling

Peter Garling, RFD (born 1952 in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya) Garling has made significant recommendations to improve the public health system of New South Wales. He is a descendant of Frederick Garling, one of the first solicitors admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the first appointed Crown Prosecutor in New South Wales.

During his university days, Garling joined the Sydney University Regiment of the Australian Army Reserve.

Judicial career In 2010, Garling was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. He served as the Commissioner conducting the Special Commission of Inquiry into Acute Care Services in NSW Public Hospitals, authoring the Garling Report.

In 2023, Garling controversially awarded a permanent stay to Scouts NSW in a child sexual abuse case, despite the fact that the accused scout leader was a convicted pedophile. Garling also held the abuse victim liable for the Scouts' legal costs.

Personal life Garling's three brothers also completed law degrees. At the time of his appointment, brother Max had become a mining entrepreneur; Anthony was a NSW District Court judge; and Kim, a private practice lawyer and former President of the Law Society of New South Wales.

In 1980, Garling married Jane Anne Loneragan, who is a solicitor and was a lecturer at the University of Technology, Sydney. Garling's elder daughter, Antonia, is a lawyer at (Gilbert + Tobin), while his other daughter Lucinda (Lucie) is a chartered accountant at Westpac.