The High Court has officially welcomed new Justice Patrick Keane to the bench on Tue 5.3.2013, at a swearing-in ceremony in Canberra. Justice Keane is the 50th appointee to the High Court since Federation and replaces the Honourable Justice John Dyson Heydon AC who retired last week after 10 years of dedicated service to the Court. Justice Keane served as Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia from 2010 and, prior to that, as a Judge on the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Queensland. He was also Solicitor-General for Queensland for 13 years. He joins Justice Susan Kiefel as the second Queenslander on the bench of the High Court and is the 8th to be appointed a High Court Justice.
Source: Attorney-General’s media release, 5 March 2013
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