The Hon Garry Keith DOWNES AM Judge, Federal Court of Australia: 2.4.2002
Location: Sydney
Other Commissions/Appointments:
Administrative Appeals Tribunal - President
Judge, Supreme Court of Norfolk Island
Justice Downes was appointed a Judge of the Federal Court and President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in 2002. He is Co-President of L’Association Internationale des Hautes Juridictions Administratives (International Association of Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions).
He was called to the Australian Bar in 1970 and appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1983. He was also a member of the English Bar. His practice was concentrated on commercial law, administrative law and international arbitration.
He is the immediate past Chair of the Council of Australasian Tribunals and was a member of the Council of the Australian Institute of judicial Administration. He was Chairman of the Federal Litigation Section of the Law Council of Australia and Chairman of its Administrative Law Committee. He has served international and national organisations in various capacities, including as President of the Union Internationale des Avocats, Founder and Patron of the Anglo-Australasian Lawyers’ Society, Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Australia, Member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Council of the NSW Bar Association and Chairman of the NSW Council of Law Reporting.
