Murray Gleeson
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The Honourable Murray Gleeson AC, QC |
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| 11th Chief Justice of Australia | |
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In office 22 May 1998 – 29 August 2008 |
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| Nominated by | John Howard |
| Appointed by | William Deane |
| Preceded by | Sir Gerard Brennan |
| Succeeded by | Robert French |
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30 August 1938 Wingham, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Anthony Murray Gleeson AC, QC, (born 30 August 1938) was the eleventh Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.
Gleeson was born in Wingham, New South Wales, the eldest of four children. He was educated at St. Joseph's College in Hunters Hill, where he won the Lawrence Campbell Oratory Competition in both 1953 and 1955, before matriculating to receive first class honours degrees in Arts and Law from the University of Sydney. Among his graduating class of 1962 were John Howard, later to become Prime Minister; and Michael Kirby, who later served alongside him as a judge on the High Court.
After graduation, Gleeson spent one year as a solicitor at Messrs Murphy & Moloney. Gleeson was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1963, where he read with Laurence Street and Anthony Mason - his future predecessors as Chief Justice of New South Wales and Chief Justice of Australia respectively.
His appearances as junior counsel focussed mainly on matters of taxation and commercial law, as well as important constitutional cases including Strickland v Rocla Concrete Pipes Ltd, which concerned the scope of the corporations power.
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