Jeffrey Miles

The Honourable
Jeffrey Miles
AO
3rd Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory
In office
17 June 1985 – 30 September 2002
Preceded bySir Richard Blackburn
Succeeded byTerrence Higgins
Personal details
Born
Jeffrey Allan Miles

(1935-03-20)20 March 1935
Newcastle, New South Wales
Died11 February 2019(2019-02-11) (aged 83)
SpousePatricia Miles
Children2 (m, f)
EducationNewcastle Boys High School, New South Wales
Alma materThe University of Sydney
ProfessionJudge, jurist & barrister

Jeffrey Allan Miles AO (20 March 1935 – 11 February 2019) was an Australian author and jurist. He was a Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory. He also held judicial appointments in New South Wales and Papua New Guinea. In 2005 he conducted a judicial review[1] into the fitness to be tried of David Eastman who had been convicted of murdering Australian policeman Colin Winchester. In 2008, he was elected President of the Australian Capital Territory Branch of the International Commission of Jurists.[2]

  1. ^ Ierace, Mark (5 November 2010), "Fitness to be Tried", Paper presented at the University of NSW Law Faculty CLE/CPD day, Public Defenders, Department of Justice. Government of New South Wales
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference wwl was invoked but never defined (see the help page).