David Newnes

David Wallace Newnes is an Australian lawyer and judge who was a member of the Court of Appeal of Western Australia.

In 1978, Newnes graduated from the Law School at the University of Western Australia.[1] That same year, after completing articles of clerkship with the Australian law firm Muir Williams Nicholson, Newnes was admitted to legal practice.[2]

In 1982, Newnes joined Hong Kong law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques as a solicitor. In 1985, he became a litigation partner with the firm.[2] In 1995, Newnes became a litigation partner and head of the litigation practice of the Perth, Western Australia office of Blake Dawson Waldron.[2]

In 2003, Newnes was appointed a Master of the Court to the Supreme Court of Western Australia. In 2007, Newnes became a justice and on 24 February 2009, was appointed to the Court of Appeal of Western Australia.[2]