William Gummow | |||||||||
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| Justice of the High Court of Australia | |||||||||
| In office 21 April 1995 – 8 October 2012 | |||||||||
| Nominated by | Paul Keating | ||||||||
| Appointed by | Bill Hayden | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Sir Gerard Brennan | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Stephen Gageler | ||||||||
| Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong | |||||||||
| Assumed office 29 July 2013 | |||||||||
| Appointed by | Leung Chun-ying | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | William Montague Charles Gummow 9 October 1942 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||
| Occupation | Judge, barrister, solicitor | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 甘慕賢 | ||||||||
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William Montague Charles Gummow AC (born 9 October 1942) is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy. He was appointed to the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong on 8 April 2013 as a non-permanent judge from other common law jurisdictions.[1]
- ^ "Top court gets new permanent judge". South China Morning Post. 9 April 2013. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020.