The federal government has named the 52nd justice of the High Court of Australia. When Justice Kenneth Hayne retires from the Court on 5 June this year, he will be replaced by Justice Michelle Gordon. As with all appointments to the High Court of Australia, the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s department consulted widely with the legal community before naming Hayne J’s successor. In this case they needn’t have looked so far from home: Justice Gordon and Justice Hayne have been
There’s a new High Court Justice in town. Today Justice Geoffrey Nettle will be sworn in as the 51st judge of the High Court of Australia. He replaces Justice Susan Crennan, who retires after nine years with the court. Nettle J was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria in 2002, and joined the Court of Appeal in 2004. He began his career in private practice with Mallesons Stephen Jaques, before being called to the bar, where he specialised in commercial law, equity, admin