Murray Gleeson

Murray Gleeson
Gleeson in 2006
Chief Justice of Australia
In office
22 May 1998 – 29 August 2008
Nominated byJohn Howard
Appointed bySir William Deane
Preceded bySir Gerard Brennan
Succeeded byRobert French
Chief Justice of New South Wales
In office
2 November 1988 – 21 May 1998
Nominated byNick Greiner
Appointed bySir James Rowland
Preceded bySir Laurence Street
Succeeded byJames Spigelman
Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong
In office
1 March 2009 – 29 February 2024
Appointed byDonald Tsang
Personal details
Born (1938-08-30) 30 August 1938 (age 86)
Wingham, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australia
Spouse
Robyn Paterson
(m. 1965)
Children4 including Jacqueline and Rebecca
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
Chinese name
Chinese
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGéi Laahp Seun
JyutpingGei2 Lai5 Seon3

Anthony Murray Gleeson AC GBS KC (born 30 August 1938) is an Australian former judge who served as the 11th Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1998 to 2008.

Gleeson was born in Wingham, New South Wales, and studied law at the University of Sydney. He was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1963 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1974, becoming one of the state's leading barristers. Gleeson was appointed Chief Justice of New South Wales in 1988, serving until his elevation to the High Court in 1998. He and Samuel Griffith (appointed 1903) are the only people to have been elevated directly from the chief justiceship of a state to the chief justiceship of the High Court. As required by the constitution, he retired from the court when he reached his 70th birthday.

In October 2020, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that Gleeson's daughter, Jacqueline Gleeson, will be elevated to the High Court following the retirement of Justice Virginia Bell.[1]

  1. ^ "Prime Minister announces new High Court justices ahead of dual retirement". ABC News. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.