Michael Lee (judge)
Michael Lee | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the Federal Court of Australia | |
| Assumed office 27 March 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Bryan Joshua Lee 1965 (age 58–59) Perth, Western Australia |
| Occupation | Judge, Barrister |
Michael Bryan Joshua Lee (born 1965) is an Australian jurist and former barrister who has served as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia since 27 March 2017, in the Sydney Registry of the Court.[1] He is a National Coordinating Judge in both the Commercial and Corporations National Practice Area and the Defamation sub-area in the Other Federal Jurisdiction National Practice Area.[2]
Education
Lee was born in Perth in 1965 but was raised in Sydney where he attended Marist Brothers High School, Eastwood. Lee graduated in law from the University of Sydney.[1]
Career
Lee commenced work as a solicitor in 1989 with Corrs Chambers Westgarth. He went to the New South Wales Bar in 2002 and took silk in 2011.[1] He was counsel for the John Marsden Australian defamation case, and the Australian political assassination case of Phuong Ngo.[3]
He was appointed to the Federal Court in 2017[4] and is also an Additional Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory.[5]
He is the section editor for the Australian Law Journal section on class actions[6] and is a Fellow of the University of Melbourne.[1]
Publications and seminars
- Varying Funding Agreements and Freedom of Contract: Some Observations by The Hon Justice Lee (IMF Bentham Class Actions Research Initiative with UNSW Law: Resolving Class Actions Effectively and Fairly), 1 June 2017
- Certification of Class Actions: A 'Solution' in Search of a Problem? by The Hon Justice Lee (A paper presented to the Commercial Law Association Seminar "Class Actions – Different Perspectives"), 20 October 2017
- Case Management & Insolvency: Matching Rhetoric & Reality, by The Hon Justice Lee (Key Note Speech at the Association of Independent Insolvency Practitioners Annual Conference), 28 June 2019
- Public Confidence, Apprehended Bias, and the Modern Federal Judiciary (AAL/ALRC Seminar), Judicial Impartiality eNews, February 2021
- Washington Diaries of Owen Dixon: Review by Justice Lee, Southern Highlands Newsletter #241, March 2021
See also
- Judges of the Federal Court of Australia
- Swearing-in Ceremony for the Hon Justice Michael Lee, NSW Bar Association, 20/04/2017
- Silks appointed as new Federal Court of Australia judges, Australasian Lawyer, 28 Mar 2017
- Two new Judges appointed to Federal Court, Lawyers Weekly 30 March 2017
References
- ^ a b c d Australia, c\=AU\; co\=Commonwealth of Australia\; ou\=Federal Court of (11 March 2021). "Biography of Justice Lee". www.fedcourt.gov.au. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Australia, c\=AU\; co\=Commonwealth of Australia\; ou\=Federal Court of (6 August 2021). "National Practice Area Judges". www.fedcourt.gov.au. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Report to the Chief Justice of NSW of the inquiry into the conviction of Phuong Canh Ngo for the murder of John Newman, David Patten - Judicial Officer Conducting Inquiry, 14 April 2009" (PDF).
- ^ Lee, Justice (21 April 2017). "Ceremonial sitting of the Full Court for the welcome of the Honourable Justice Lee". www.fedcourt.gov.au.
- ^ Administration, ACT Law Courts and Tribunal Administration; PositionTitle=Director; SectionName=ACT Magistrates Court; Corporate=ACT Law Courts and Tribunal (12 January 2020). "Acting and Additional Judges". courts.act.gov.au.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ)". Retrieved 17 August 2021.