Richard Niall

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The Honourable
Richard Michael Niall
SC
Judge of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria
Assumed office
28 November 2017
Personal details
BornMelbourne, Victoria
NationalityAustralian
EducationMonash University
OccupationJudge, lawyer

Richard Michael Niall SC is an Australian jurist and a judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 2017.[1]

Niall graduated with a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws with honours from the Monash University Faculty of Law in 1989. In 1995, he commenced practice as a barrister at the Victorian Bar, where he specialised in public law, revenue law, discrimination, employment and industrial law and human rights law.[2] He was appointed senior counsel in 2010. In 2015, he was appointed Solicitor-General of Victoria. He was a member of the legal team that advised the Victorian Labor government on the cancellation of the controversial East West Link project.[3] Niall was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 2017.

Niall is the son of academic, biographer and literary critic Brenda Niall AO FAHA.

References[]

  1. ^ "Solicitor-General Appointed to the Court of Appeal | Supreme Court of Victoria". www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au.
  2. ^ "The Hon Justice Richard Niall QC | Melbourne Law School". www.law.unimelb.edu.au.
  3. ^ "Liberal fury as lawyer who helped sink East West Link made judge". The Age. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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