Keith Mason (judge)

Keith Mason, AC KC (born 18 February 1947) is a former President of the Court of Appeal of New South Wales, the highest civil court in the State of New South Wales, Australia, which forms part of the Australian court hierarchy, serving between 1997 and 30 May 2008.

The Honourable
Keith Mason
AC KC
President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal
In office
4 February 1997 – 30 May 2008
Preceded byDennis Mahoney
Succeeded byJames Allsop
Solicitor General for New South Wales
In office
February 1987 – February 1997
Preceded byMary Gaudron KC
Succeeded byLeslie Katz SC
Personal details
Born (1947-02-18) 18 February 1947
CitizenshipAustralia
NationalityAustralian
SpouseAnne Mason
ChildrenDavid and Priya Mason
Parent
  • Edward Mason, merchant mariner (father)
RelativesLouise Gardiner - Sister
ResidenceSydney Australia
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
ProfessionJudge

Mason is currently the chairman of the New South Wales Electoral Commission.[1]

Biography

Mason graduated from the University of Sydney with degrees in Arts (1967) and law (1970). The university awarded him an honorary doctorate of laws in 2005.

Mason was admitted as a solicitor in 1970 and to the New South Wales Bar in 1972. He was appointed as a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1981.[1] He became president of the Court of Appeal in 1997. Mason was chairman of the New South Wales Law Reform Commission from 1985 to 1987 and 1989 to 1990. He was Solicitor-General of NSW from 1987 to 1997.[2] Mason became president of the Children's Medical Research Foundation in 1995.[3]

Mason has also been a justice of the Supreme Court of Fiji.

In 2006, he joined the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales as a Professorial Visiting Fellow. He is also a senior fellow at Melbourne Law School.[4]

For many years Mason has been chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of Armidale. He is also the president of the National Appellate Tribunal, the highest ecclesiastical court of appeals in the Anglican Church of Australia.[5]

Mason was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2003 for service to the law and legal scholarship, to the judicial system in New South Wales, to the Anglican Church, and to the community.[6]

Honours

Mason was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2003 for "service to the law and legal scholarship, to the judicial system in New South Wales, to the Anglican Church, and to the community".[7]

Publications

Mason is co-author of Restitution Law in Australia (1995) with Professor John Carter, as well as the second edition, Mason & Carter's Restitution Law in Australia (2008).

References
  1. "Members of the NSW Electoral Commission statutory authority". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. Appleby, G (2016). Role of the Solicitor-General. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 321. ISBN 9781509903962.
  3. "The Hon Justice Keith Mason AC" (PDF). NSW Bar Association News. AustLII. 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. "Staff Profile". Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
  5. "Keith Mason". USW Law. University of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  6. "Order of Australia (AC) entry for Keith Mason". It's an Honour, Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 January 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  7. "Mason, Keith: Companion of the Order of Australia". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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