Melissa Perry

The Honourable Justice
Melissa Anne Perry
Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
Assumed office
23 September 2013
Personal details
Born Adelaide[1]
Nationality Australian
Parents Jennifer and John Perry[2]
Education University of Adelaide
University of Cambridge
Occupation Judge, lawyer

Melissa Anne Perry is an Australian lawyer and a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia. Perry was appointed to the Federal Court in September 2013.[3]

Early Life and education

Perry's father was The Hon. John Perry AO, QC, a South Australian lawyer who would later be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia. while her mother Jennifer would later be appointed a lay member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal in South Australia. Perry attended Walford Anglican School for Girls and was Dux of the school in 1980.[2]

Perry studied at the University of Adelaide where she graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours in 1985.[4] Perry then studied at the University of Cambridge where she graduated with a Master of Law and was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in 1995. Perry received the Yorke Prize for her PhD dissertation on State Succession and boundaries.[5]

Career

Perry became a barrister in 1992 at Bar Chambers in Adelaide. She was appointed a Queens Counsel in 2004. Perry moved to Sydney in 2004 and joined Selbourne Chambers. Perry was involved in numerous native title cases, including Waanyi People v Queensland.,[6] Wik Peoples v Queensland,[7] Yarmirr v Northern Territory,[8] Western Australia v Ward,[9] Yorta Yorta v Victoria,[10] and Jango v Northern Territory.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Kallos, Themi (7 January 2014), "Woman of Steel", Neos Kosmos, archived from the original on 10 January 2016
  2. 1 2 Ceremonial Sitting of the Full Court For the Swearing in and Welcome of the Honourable Justice Perry, Federal Court of Australia, 23 September 2013, archived from the original on 4 April 2015
  3. ↑ "Justice Perry". Federal Court of Australia. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dr Melissa Perry QC appointed Federal Court judge". University of Adelaide. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Justice Melissa Perry". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Waanyi People v Queensland [1995] NNTTA 52; (1995) 124 FLR 1; (1995) 129 ALR 118. (14 February 1995), National Native Title Tribunal.
  7. ↑ Wik Peoples v Queensland [1996] HCA 40, (1996) 187 CLR 1 (23 December 1996), High Court.
  8. ↑ Commonwealth v Yarmirr [2001] HCA 56, (2001) 208 CLR 1 (11 October 2001), High Court.
  9. ↑ Western Australia v Ward [2002] HCA 28, (2002) 213 CLR 1 (8 August 2002), High Court.
  10. ↑ Members of the Yorta Yorta Aboriginal Community v Victoria [2002] HCA 58, (2002) 214 CLR 422 (12 December 2002).
  11. ↑ Jango v Northern Territory [2007] FCAFC 101, (2007) 159 FCR 531 (6 July 2007), Federal Court (Full Court).

 


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