Geoffrey Robertson
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At the 2009 Ideas Festival, Brisbane
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| Born |
30 September 1946 Sydney, Australia |
| Residence | Camden, London, United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | Australian, British |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Employer | Doughty Street Chambers |
| Title | QC; Recorder |
| Spouse(s) | Kathy Lette |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | Geoffrey Robertson website |
Geoffrey Ronald Robertson QC (born 30 September 1946) is a human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster. He holds dual Australian and British citizenship.
Robertson is a founder and joint head of Doughty Street Chambers. He serves as a Master of the Bench at the Middle Temple, a recorder, and visiting professor at Queen Mary University of London.
Robertson was born in Sydney, Australia, and grew up in the suburb of Eastwood, attending Epping Boys' High School. He then attended the University of Sydney where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1966 and a Bachelor of Laws with First-Class Honours in 1970, before winning a Rhodes Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Law from University College, Oxford in 1972. In 2006 he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Sydney.
In 1990, Robertson married the author Kathy Lette, and they live together in London with their children. They had met in 1988 during the filming of an episode of Hypothetical for ABC Television; Robertson was dating Nigella Lawson at the time and Lette was married to Kim Williams (later to become CEO of News Limited). In his 2010 Who's Who entry, he lists his hobbies as tennis, opera and fishing.
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