The Governor-General has appointed Mr Geoffrey Arthur Akeroyd Nettle QC, a member of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria, as the next Justice of the High Court. Justice Nettle will replace Justice Susan Crennan AC, who leaves the Court on 3 February 2015. Justice Nettle began his professional career as a solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in 1977, becoming a partner of that firm in 1981. He was then called to the Bar in 1982 and developed a large practice, specialising in commercial law, equity, taxation, constitutional law and administrative law. He took silk in 1992.
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