Nye Perram

Nye Perram (born 1969) is an Australian judge. He has been a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia since his appointment in August 2008 at the age of 39. Prior to his appointment, Perram practised as a Senior Counsel in Sydney.

Perram was educated at Sydney Boys' High School, and holds degrees in arts and law from the University of Sydney, and a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford.[1] He was admitted as a solicitor in 1992 (practising briefly with Mallesons Stephen Jaques) and then as a barrister before becoming Senior Counsel in 2006. While at the bar, Perram was a member of the New South Wales Bar Council.[2]

In addition to being a judge, Perram is also a Deputy President of the Copyright Tribunal of Australia, a Part-Time Commissioner with the Australian Law Reform Commission, and a Presidential Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.[3]

Perram also represented deposed Prime Minister of Fiji Laisenia Qarase in legal proceedings against his military replacement, Frank Bainimarama.[2]

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References
  1. "The Hon Justice Nye Perram" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. NSW Bar Association (2008), "The Hon Justice Nye Perram", Bar News: The Journal of the New South Wales Bar Association, 72 (Summer 2008/09): 97–98
  3. "The Hon Nye PERRAM". Federal Court of Australia. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
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