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Keith Mason (judge)

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The Honourable
Keith Mason
AC, QC
President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal
In office
4 February 1997 – 30 May 2008
Preceded byDennis Mahoney
Succeeded byJames Allsop
Solicitor General for New South Wales
In office
February 1987 – February 1998
Preceded byMary Gaudron
Succeeded byMichael Sexton
Personal details
Born (1947-02-18) 18 February 1947 (age 77)
SpouseAnne Mason
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
ProfessionJurist

Keith Mason, AC, QC (born 18 February 1947) is a former President of the Court of Appeal of New South Wales, the highest civil court in the State of New South Wales, Australia, which forms part of the Australian court hierarchy, serving between 1997 and 30 May 2008.

Mason is currently the Chairman of the New South Wales Electoral Commission.[2]

Biography

Mason graduated from the University of Sydney with degrees in Arts (1967) and law (1970). The University awarded him an honorary doctorate of laws in 2005.

Mason was admitted as a solicitor in 1970 and to the New South Wales Bar in 1972. He was appointed as a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1981.[2] He became President of the Court of Appeal in 1997. Mason was Chairman of the New South Wales Law Reform Commission from 1985-1987 and 1989-1990. He was Solicitor-General of NSW from 1987-1997. Mason became President of the Children's Medical Research Foundation in 1995.[3]

Mason has also been a justice of the Supreme Court of Fiji.

In 2006, he joined the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales as a Professorial Visiting Fellow. He is also a Senior Fellow at Melbourne Law School.[4]

For many years Mason has been Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of Armidale. He is also the President of the national Appellate Tribunal, the highest ecclesiastical court of appeals in the Anglican Church of Australia.[5]

Mason was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2003 for service to the law and legal scholarship, to the judicial system in New South Wales, to the Anglican Church, and to the community.[1]

Publications

Mason is co-author of Restitution Law in Australia (1995) with Professor John Carter, as well as the recent second edition, Mason & Carter's Restitution Law in Australia (2008).

References

  1. ^ a b "Order of Australia (AC) entry for Keith Mason". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 January 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Work of the Commission". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. ^ "The Hon Justice Keith Mason AC" (PDF). NSW Bar Association News. AustLII. 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-06. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Keith Mason". USW Law. University of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
Legal offices
Preceded by President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal
1997–2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Solicitor General for New South Wales
1987–1998 		Succeeded by


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