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Dyson Heydon

The Honourable
Dyson Heydon
AC QC
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Justice of the High Court of Australia
In office
1 February 2003 – 28 February 2013
Nominated by John Howard
Appointed by Peter Hollingworth
Preceded by Mary Gaudron
Succeeded by Patrick Keane
Personal details
Born (1943-03-01) 1 March 1943 (age 74)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Australian
Parents Muriel Heydon (née Slater)
Sir Peter Heydon
Alma mater
Occupation Barrister, Judge, Academic

John Dyson Heydon AC QC (born 1 March 1943) is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy, who served from 2003 to 2013. A graduate of the University of Sydney and the University of Oxford (attending the latter as a Rhodes Scholar), Heydon had previously served as Dean of the Sydney Law School and as a Justice of the New South Wales Court of Appeal. He retired from the court at the constitutionally mandated age of 70, and has gone on to chair the Royal Commission into trade union governance and corruption.

Heydon was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to Muriel Naomi (née Slater) and Peter Richard Heydon (later Sir Peter). His father, a diplomat and public servant from Sydney, had met his mother (a Canadian) while both were on the staff of Richard Casey, the Australian Ambassador to the United States. Heydon was raised in Sydney, attending the Shore School, before going on to receive a BA in history (with the University Medal) from the University of Sydney. He was then awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to attend University College, Oxford, where he received an MA and a BCL and was awarded the Vinerian Scholarship.


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