Patrick Keane
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The Honourable Justice Patrick Keane AC |
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| Justice of the High Court of Australia | |
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Assumed office 1 March 2013 |
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| Nominated by | Julia Gillard |
| Appointed by | Quentin Bryce |
| Preceded by | Dyson Heydon |
| Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia | |
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In office 22 March 2010 – 28 February 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Black |
| Succeeded by | James Allsop |
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| Born |
26 October 1952 Brisbane, Queensland |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Shelley Keane |
| Alma mater |
University of Queensland; University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Barrister; Judge |
Patrick Anthony Keane AC (born 26 October 1952 in Brisbane) is a Justice of the High Court of Australia and a former Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia.
Patrick Anthony Keane was born to Patrick and Margaret Keane in a family of Irish descent and raised in Wilston, a middle-class, inner-city suburb in northern Brisbane, Queensland. Patrick Keane senior was an RAAF aviator who died from a heart attack when the younger Patrick was seven.
Keane was educated at Catholic schools: St. Columba's Convent School and St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace in Brisbane, where he was the school captain and dux of 1969, winning an Open Scholarship in the Queensland Senior Public Examinations. After eliminating other vocations, he graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts in 1973, and a Bachelor of Laws with first-class honours and a University Medal in 1976.
During his studies, Keane worked as a law clerk at Roberts & Kane Solicitors and was headhunted by Feez Ruthning (now Allens Linklaters) by one of the partners.
Keane read for a Bachelor of Civil Law at Magdalen College of the University of Oxford and was awarded the Vinerian Scholarship, a scholarship given to the student that "gives the best performance in the examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law". Having earned a B.C.L. with First-Class Honours in 1977, he then returned to Australia.
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