Esther Hayut served as President of the Supreme Court of Israel from 2017 to 2023, having sat as a justice on the court since 2004 after earlier service including as a judge of the Tel Aviv Magistrates Court from 1990. Described as a progressive and liberal justice, she was unanimously elected Chief Justice under Israel's seniority-based selection system, and in January 2024 she took part in the Supreme Court decision striking down judicial reform legislation that would have curtailed the court's power of review. She retired in October 2023 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of seventy.
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She is considered to have been a progressive and liberal justice in the Supreme Court of Israel, playing a key role in many landmark cases throughout her tenure.
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Esther Hayut is an Israeli jurist who served as president of the Supreme Court of Israel from October 2017 to October 2023, and as Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel from 2004 to 2023.
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Esther Hayut is an Israeli jurist who served as president of the Supreme Court of Israel from October 2017 to October 2023, and as Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel from 2004 to 2023.
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After leaving the firm, Hayut opened an independent office together with her husband, specializing in commercial law and tort law.
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Esther Hayut (Hebrew: אֶסְתֵּר חַיּוּת; born 16 October 1953) is an Israeli jurist who served as president of the Supreme Court of Israel from October 2017 to October 2023, and as Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel from 2004 to 2023.
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is an Israeli jurist who served as president of the S
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Wikidata Q6705743, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1953
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P569 (date of birth): 1953-10-16
Wikidata Q6705743, P1477 birth name claim (fr)
birth name (P1477): Esther Avni
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