Current Members of the High Court
Justice Kirby
Michael Donald Kirby
was appointed to the Court in February 1996. At the time of
his appointment he was President of the New South Wales Court
of Appeal, having been appointed to that office in September
1984.
He was admitted
to the New South Wales Bar in 1967. He was appointed a Deputy
President of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission
in 1975.
He served as first
Chairperson of the Australian Law Reform Commission from 1975
to 1984. In 1983 he became a judge of the Federal Court of
Australia, serving on that Court until 1984.
He has held numerous
national and international positions including on the Board
of CSIRO, as President of the Court of Appeal of Solomon Islands,
as UN Special Representative in Cambodia and as President
of the International Commission of Jurists. In 1991 he was
appointed a Companion in the General Division of the Order
of Australia.
