Michael Jarrett (judge)

Michael Jarrett is a Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.[1] He was previously a Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia until its merger with the Family Court of Australia. Before then, he was a Federal Magistrate of the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia, before it was named the Federal Circuit Court of Australia. Jarrett has presided over a variety of cases, including family law, administrative law, bankruptcy, copyright, human rights, industrial law, and trade practices. Prior to being a judge, Jarrett was a barrister.

In 2016, Jarrett decided an action involving three Queensland University of Technology (QUT) students who were accused of racial vilification under Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth).[2] [3] One of the students was alleged to have breached Section 18C because of a Facebook post which read: "Just got kicked out of the unsigned Indigenous computer room. QUT stopping segregation with segregation."[4][5] In November 2016, Jarrett held the claim had no reasonable prospects of success and threw out the lawsuit.[6][5][7][8][9]