Malcolm Lee (judge)
Malcolm Cameron Lee KC is a former judge that served on the Federal Court of Australia. He was based in Perth, Western Australia.
Malcolm Cameron Lee | |
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| Judge of the Federal Court of Australia | |
| In office 15 February 1988 – 1 May 2006 | |
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| Nationality | Australian |
Lee was educated at the University of Western Australia. He was admitted to the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 1964, and began working as a barrister in 1969. He became Queen's Counsel in 1984. He was President of the Western Australian Bar Association from 1978 to 1981, and was a member of the Barristers Board of Western Australia from 1984. He was appointed a member of the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia in May 1987.[1] He was a judge of the Industrial Relations Court of Australia.[2]
In 1998 Lee ruled in recognition of the native title of the Miriuwung and Gajerrong people of the east Kimberly, over land in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.[3][4]
In 2011 Lee returned to the bench to hear the Bell Group Appeal in Western Australia's Supreme Court of Appeal.[2][5]
References edit
- ^ http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/ALRCRefJl/1988/39.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ a b "Retired judges to hear Bell appeal". 6 December 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Timeline: Native title in Australia". News. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Land, Approvals and Native Title Unit - Key Legal Events". www.dpc.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Banks face $2b payout after losing Bell case". The West Australian. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- "Former Judges of the Federal Court of Australia". Federal Court of Australia. Retrieved 3 April 2012.