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New Federal Court judge appointed

Attorney-General Christian Porter has announced a barrister as a new judicial appointment for the Federal Court of Australia.

October 04, 2018 By Jerome Doraisamy
New Federal Court judge appointed
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Michael Wheelahan QC has been appointed a judge of the Federal Court. He commenced in his role in the Melbourne registry yesterday.

 
 

Mr Wheelahan – who was admitted in Victoria in 1987 – began his career as a solicitor at Madden Butler Elder & Graham and was called to the state’s bar in 1990, before being appointed a silk in 2004.

“Mr Wheelahan has extensive experience in civil litigation and has appeared in many leading cases, at trial and on appeal, across a number of areas of law including defamation, industrial law, negligence, breach of confidence, class actions, insurance law, administrative law, constitutional law, commercial law and taxation,” Mr Porter said in a statement.

“On behalf of the Coalition government, I congratulate Mr Wheelahan on his appointment and thank him for his willingness to serve the people of Australia as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia.”

Jerome Doraisamy

Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in New South Wales, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.

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