Peter McClellan
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The Honourable Peter McClellan AM QC |
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| Chief Royal Commissioner of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse | |
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Assumed office 11 January 2013 Serving with Bob Atkinson, Jennifer Coate, Robert Fitzgerald, Helen Milroy, Andrew Murray |
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| Nominated by | Julia Gillard |
| Appointed by |
Quentin Bryce (Governor-General) |
| Judge of the New South Wales Court of Appeal | |
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Assumed office 21 February 2013 |
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| Chief Judge at Common Law of the Supreme Court of New South Wales | |
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In office 1 September 2005 – 21 February 2013 |
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| Appointed by |
Marie Bashir (Governor of NSW) |
| Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales | |
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In office 25 August 2003 – 1 September 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Maria Pearlman |
| Succeeded by | Brian Preston |
| Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales | |
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In office 29 January 2001 – 25 August 2003 |
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| Nominated by | Bob Debus |
| Appointed by | Jim Spigelman, CJ |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Peter David McClellan Sydney, New South Wales |
| Children | Nick, Jo, Jack and Will |
| Alma mater |
Normanhurst Boys' High School; University of Sydney |
| Occupation | Judge |
Peter David McClellan, AM, is a Judge of the New South Wales Court of Appeal, the highest court in the State of New South Wales, Australia, which forms part of the Australian court hierarchy. He was appointed to the position in February 2013. McClellan is the Chief Royal Commissioner of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse since January 2013. He was previously the Chief Judge in Common Law in the Supreme Court, a position to which he was appointed in 2005.
McClellan grew up on Sydney's Upper North Shore, and received his secondary school education at the public Normanhurst Boys' High School. Fellow Supreme Court Justice Ian Harrison (who also attended the school) said that, "that school was instrumental in assisting your Honour to overcome adolescent difficulties you had with low esteem, lack of confidence and self doubt".
McClellan later studied arts and law at the University of Sydney, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1971 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1974.
McClellan was admitted to practise law as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 26 July 1974, and worked for a short time as a solicitor at Hall and Hall. He was called to the Bar on 2 May 1975. His legal practice primarily consisted of planning and environmental law, administrative law, valuation and water-related matters, as well as advising government agencies. From 1984 to 1985, he held the role of Counsel Assisting the Maralinga Royal Commission into British nuclear testing in Australia. Also that year, he was appointed Queen's Counsel. He later served as Chairman of the New South Wales State Government Inquiry into Swimming Pool Safety from 1988 to 1991, Acting and Assistant Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption from 1992 to 1993, and supervised the statutory review of the Sydney Casino licence in 1997 and 2000.
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