Emilios Kyrou | |
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President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal | |
Assumed office 8 June 2023 | |
Preceded by | Fiona Meagher |
Judge of the Federal Court of Australia | |
Assumed office 8 June 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sfikia, Imathia, Greece | 8 November 1959
Nationality | Greek, Australian |
Education | LLB Law (Hons); BCom Commerce |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
Occupation | Judge, Lawyer |
Emilios Kyrou (Greek: Αιμίλιος Κύρου; born 8 November 1959) AO is a Greek-Australian jurist and former lawyer who has served as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia and President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal since 8 June 2023.
Between 2014 and 2023, Kyrou served as a judge of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria. Justice Kyrou was a judge in the Trial Division of that court between 2008 and 2014.
Before his appointment to the Supreme Court of Victoria, Kyrou was a partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons), where his areas of practice included insurance law, government law and dispute resolution.
Kyrou is the author of several leading legal texts, a commentator on law reform and supporter of pro bono work.