Michael Lee (judge)

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Michael Lee
Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
Assumed office
27 March 2017
Personal details
Born
Michael Bryan Joshua Lee

1965 (age 5758)
Perth, Western Australia
OccupationJudge, Barrister

Michael Bryan Joshua Lee (born 1965) is an Australian jurist and former barrister who has served as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia since 27 March 2017, in the Sydney Registry of the Court. [1] He is a National Coordinating Judge in both the Commercial and Corporations National Practice Area and the Defamation sub-area in the Other Federal Jurisdiction National Practice Area. [2]

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Education

Lee was born in Perth in 1965 but was raised in Sydney where he attended Marist Brothers High School, Eastwood. Lee graduated in law from the University of Sydney. [1]

Career

Lee commenced work as a solicitor in 1989 with Corrs Chambers Westgarth. He went to the New South Wales Bar in 2002 and took silk in 2011. [1] He was counsel for the John Marsden Australian defamation case, and the Australian political assassination case of Phuong Ngo. [3]

He was appointed to the Federal Court in 2017 [4] and is also an Additional Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory. [5]

He is the section editor for the Australian Law Journal section on class actions [6] and is a Fellow of the University of Melbourne. [1]

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References

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  2. Australia, c\=AU\; co\=Commonwealth of Australia\; ou\=Federal Court of (6 August 2021). "National Practice Area Judges". www.fedcourt.gov.au. Retrieved 16 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "Report to the Chief Justice of NSW of the inquiry into the conviction of Phuong Canh Ngo for the murder of John Newman, David Patten - Judicial Officer Conducting Inquiry, 14 April 2009" (PDF).
  4. Lee, Justice (21 April 2017). "Ceremonial sitting of the Full Court for the welcome of the Honourable Justice Lee". www.fedcourt.gov.au.
  5. Administration, ACT Law Courts and Tribunal Administration; PositionTitle=Director; SectionName=ACT Magistrates Court; Corporate=ACT Law Courts and Tribunal (12 January 2020). "Acting and Additional Judges". courts.act.gov.au.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. "Australian Law Journal, The (ALJ)" . Retrieved 17 August 2021.