James Allsop

James Leslie Bain Allsop AC (born April 1953) was the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, in office from 1 March 2013 to 6 April 2023.[1] He was previously President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal, where he presided from 2 June 2008 to 28 February 2013.[2]

The Honourable Chief Justice
James Allsop
AC
Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
In office
1 March 2013 – 6 April 2023
Appointed byDame Quentin Bryce
Preceded byPatrick Keane
Succeeded byDebra Mortimer
President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal
In office
1 June 2008 – 28 February 2013
Preceded byKeith Mason
Succeeded byMargaret Beazley
Personal details
BornApril 1953 (1953-04) (age 70)
Sydney
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Sydney

Education

Allsop attended Sydney Grammar School and completed year 12 in 1970. Allsop then graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts in 1974 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1980. He won the University Medal in law.[3]

Career

Allsop was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1981, and was appointed Senior Counsel in 1994. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in Western Australia in 1998.

From 2001 to 2008, Allsop was a Justice of the Federal Court of Australia. He has also served as an additional Justice of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory (2003–08). Allsop was appointed the President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal on 2 June 2008.[3]

On 20 November 2012, Commonwealth Attorney-General Nicola Roxon announced Allsop would be appointed Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia. In January 2022, he presided over the application for judicial review regarding the visa status of Novak Djokovic on the Full Bench of the Federal Court of Australia. In March 2022 he presided over the Court's ruling that the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment has no duty of care to protect children from the impacts of climate change when considering fossil fuel projects, a ruling that was characterised as undoing "20 years of climate litigation progress in Australia"[4] and demonstrating the "yawning crevasse between the facts in the real world and Australian "environmental" law".[5]

Allsop is also an adjunct professor at the University of Sydney, where he specialises in international admiralty and maritime law.

On 31 March 2023, it was announced that he would be succeeded as Chief Justice from 7 April 2023 by Justice Debra Mortimer, who has been a Judge of the Court.[6]

Honours

Allsop was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2013 for distinguished service to the judiciary and the law, as a judge, through reforms to equity and access, and through contributions to the administration of maritime law and legal education.[7] He was promoted to Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in the 2023 Australia Day Honours for "eminent service to the judiciary and to the law, to organisational and technological reform, to legal education, and to insolvency law".[8]

See also

References
  1. "Former Judges of the Court". Federal Court of Australia. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  2. "The Hon James Leslie Bain ALLSOP AO". Federal Court of Australia. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018.
  3. Who's Who in Australia
  4. Peel, Jacqueline; Markey-Towler, Rebekkah. "Today's disappointing federal court decision undoes 20 years of climate litigation progress in Australia". The Conversation. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  5. Twitter https://twitter.com/drchrismcgrath/status/1503522333109407745. Retrieved 17 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Federal Court to get its first female chief justice". ABC News. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  7. "Australia Day 2013 Honours List". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 January 2013.
  8. "Australia Day 2023 Honours: Full list". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
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