John Reeves (judge)

For the first Chief Justice of Newfoundland, see John Reeves (activist).

The Honourable
John Reeves
QC
Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
In office
19 November 2007[1] – 1 January 2022[1]
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Northern Territory
In office
5 March 1983 – 1 December 1984
Preceded byGrant Tambling
Succeeded byPaul Everingham
Personal details
Born (1952-01-02) 2 January 1952 (age 72)
Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
OccupationFederal Court Justice

John Edward Reeves QC (born 2 January 1952) is a former Australian politician, lawyer and judge. He was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1983 to 1984, a prominent barrister in Darwin afterwards, the author of the controversial 1999 Reeves Report on Aboriginal land rights in Australia. He served as a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia from November 2007 to January 2022.

From 2007 to 2012 (until the appointment of Duncan Kerr), he was the only former politician serving on the Federal Court, and the only former politician serving on an Australian appellate court.

  1. ^ a b "Former Judges of the Court". Federal Court of Australia. Commonwealth of Australia. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2022.