sentences:  Captain Arthur Phillip was appointed as the colony’s first governor and did much to ensure the colony survived and transformed into a modern colonial outpost 
  Notwithstanding its beginnings as a penal colony, it soon prospered as a booming agricultural and mercantile colony.With the increased prosperity came the need for better access to forms of civil justice.Systems for the resolution of commercial disputes are an important part of the common law tradition in British based legal systems, particularly with the establishment of the rule of law.