Joanne Cameron

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The Honourable Justice
Joanne Margaret Cameron
Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Assumed office
12 August 2014
Personal details
NationalityAustralian
EducationUniversity of Melbourne
OccupationJudge, lawyer

Joanne Margaret Cameron was a judge of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia, appointed to the bench on 12 August 2014. Ms Cameron resigned from the Supreme court June 2020. She is no longer a judge in any duristrication of Victoria. She was previously a partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques.[1]

Early life and education[]

Cameron studied at the University of Melbourne, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1987 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1988.[2]

Career[]

Cameron worked as a solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques, in complex commercial disputes, involving litigation covering contracts, competition and trade practices, banking, and finance.[3][4][5] Cameron became a partner in 1999 and partner in Charge of the Melbourne office in 2009.[3]

From 2007 Cameron was a member of the Board of Examiners, a body that determined whether an individual applicant met the requirements for admission as a legal practitioner in Victoria.[3] In 2012 Cameron was a member of a committee appointed by the Chief Justice of Victoria to conduct a preliminary evaluation of applicants for Senior Counsel.[6]

Supreme Court[]

Cameron was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria on 12 August 2014, one of a growing number of solicitors, particularly female, appointed to Australian superior courts.[7] Chief Justice of the Federal Court James Allsop attributes the growing number of appointment of female solicitors to the shortage of women barristers aged 50–55, with women being just 10% of senior counsel and 20% of barristers.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Robert Clark. "New appointments to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court". Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Alumni appointments". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Justice Joanne Cameron" (2015) 89 Australian Law Journal 233.
  4. ^ Bolitho H, Cameron J & Tandora M, "A counsel of perfection: Protecting your business' security interests under the new Personal Property Securities Act" (2012) 15 Inhouse Counsel 202.
  5. ^ Cameron J, McKay C & Shand F "When does silence in commercial negotiations constitute misleading or deceptive conduct?" (2012) 15 Inhouse Counsel 250.
  6. ^ Warren, M (7 December 2012). "Appointment of Senior Counsel" (PDF). [2012] Victorian Judicial Scholarship 23.
  7. ^ "From disparaged to deified in three decades: solicitors rise to judicial glory". Australian Financial Review. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  8. ^ Pelly, M (18 December 2015). "Gender bias 'based on ignorance': Chief Justice James Allsop". The Australian. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
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