James Edelman

The Honourable Justice
James Edelman
Justice of the High Court of Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 January 2017
Nominated byMalcolm Turnbull
Appointed byPeter Cosgrove
Preceded bySusan Kiefel
Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
In office
20 April 2015 – 29 January 2017
Appointed byPeter Cosgrove
Preceded byPeter Jacobson
Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
In office
22 July 2011 – 19 April 2015
Appointed byChristian Porter
Preceded byPeter Blaxell
Succeeded byPeter Martino
Personal details
Born
James Joshua Edelman

(1974-01-09) 9 January 1974 (age 50)
Perth, Western Australia
Alma materUniversity of Western Australia
Murdoch University
Magdalen College, Oxford

James Joshua Edelman (born 9 January 1974)[1] has been a justice of the High Court of Australia since 30 January 2017, and is a former justice of the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Western Australia. He is noted for his various achievements at a young age, including becoming a professor at Oxford University before the age of 35 and a justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia before the age of 40.[2] He was 43 years old upon commencing his appointment on the High Court and is eligible to continue until reaching the constitutionally required retirement age of 70 in 2044.[3]

  1. ^ "Appointments to the Federal Judiciary". Attorney-General's Department (Australia). 11 December 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Ceremonial Sitting of the Full Court for the Swearing In and Welcome of the Honourable Justice Edelman". Federal Court of Australia. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  3. ^ Constitution of Australia, section 72.