Ian Freckelton

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Dr.
Ian Freckelton
AO , KC
Born
Ian Richard Lloyd Freckelton

1 May 1958
Durban, Natal, South Africa
NationalityAustralian
Education University of Sydney

Griffith University

University of Melbourne
Occupations
  • Lawyer
  • judge
  • jurist
  • scholar
Title King's Counsel
SpousePatricia Molloy
Children3
Website

Ian Freckelton AO , KC is an Australian barrister, [1] former judge of there Supreme Court of Nauru), [2] international academic, [3] and high-profile legal scholar and jurist. He is known for his extensive writing and speaking in more than 30 countries on issues related to health law, expert evidence, criminal law, tort law, therapeutic jurisprudence and research integrity. Freckelton is a member of the Victorian Bar Association, [4] the Tasmanian Bar Association, [5] and the Northern Territory Bar Association [6] in Australia.

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Early life and qualifications

Freckelton was born in Durban, South Africa, to Joan Lloyd and Brian Freckelton. He then lived with his family in Nairobi, Kenya, and Sydney, Australia, where he attended St Aloysius' College and then the University of Sydney, [7] obtaining undergraduate degrees in arts (with Honours in English and Latin) and Law. Later he was awarded a Diploma of Therapeutic Massage from the Academy of Natural Healing (1982); a PhD in Expert Evidence by Griffith University, [8] (1998); and a Doctor of Laws degree, [9] (a higher doctorate), from the University of Melbourne (2017).

Freckelton worked between 1981 and 1986 at the Australian Law Reform Commission [10] on its references on Evidence, Aboriginal Customary Law, and Contempt. Between 1986 and 1988, Freckelton worked as Counsel Assisting the Police Complaints Authority of Victoria before reading for the Bar to commence work as a barrister. [11]

He commenced to take briefs at the Victorian Bar in 1988 and took silk as a Senior Counsel/Queen's Counsel in 2007. Freckelton has a national practice from Castan Chambers in Melbourne, Australia, taking administrative law, criminal law, personal injury and professional liability, coronial, commercial, disciplinary and human rights cases, as well as undertaking investigations into allegations of misconduct and corruption.

Freckelton was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Nauru [2] on a fly-in, fly-out basis in 2017, principally to hear appeals on questions of law from asylum-seekers.

Freckelton is also an experienced administrative decision-maker, having been a member of many tribunals. These include the Social Security Appeals Tribunal, the Medical Board of Victoria, the Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria, the Investigation Review Board of Victoria, the Disciplinary Appeals Board of Victoria, the Mental Health Review Board/Tribunal, the Psychosurgery Review Board of Victoria, the Suitability Board of Victoria and the Northern Metropolitan Disciplinary Board of the AFL.

Prominent Cases

Dr Freckelton's high-profile cases include those in which as counsel he:

Academic career

As an academic Freckelton is also:

Since 2010 Freckelton has been an inaugural member of the Coronial Council of Victoria, [36] a body that advises the Attorney-General about the operation of the Coroner's Court. For 25 years (from 1995), he was a member of the Mental Health Tribunal of Victoria, [37] including for a time as its Acting President. He is also a member of the Netherlands Centre of Expertise.[ citation needed ]

Freckelton was a Commissioner of the Victorian Law Reform Commission in 2015-2016 [38] [39] and ran its reference on Medicinal Cannabis [40] which resulted in the Access to Medicinal Cannabis Act 2016 (Vic). [41]

Freckelton is an Ambassador for Club Melbourne, [42] which attracts major scholarly events to Victoria. Freckelton is a life member and former bi-national and Victorian President of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. [43] He is a former vice-president of Liberty Victoria. [44]

Honours and awards

At the University of Sydney Freckelton was awarded the Walter Reid Scholarship, [45] the Sir Arthur George Bursary, and the Sir Frank Packer Bursary. [46]

In 1993 he was presented with a red barrister's bag [47] by Frank Costigan QC for his work on the Children of God case. [12] In 2019 Freckelton was the winner of a Distinguished Alumnus award by Griffith University. [48] In the same year, Freckelton was a member of the legal team that won the Tim McCoy Award and also the Victorian Bar's pro bono award for public interest/justice innovation [49] for his work on the Barwon Children's Case. [50] [15]

In 2019 and 2020 Freckelton was incorporated by Doyle's Guide amongst Victoria's Leading Senior Criminal Law Counsel, in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 amongst Australia's Leading Administrative and Public Law Barristers and in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 by Best Lawyers for Administrative Law, Personal Injury Law and Commercial Law.

Freckelton has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, [51] , the Academy of Social Sciences Australia [52] as well as an Honorary Fellow of the Australasian College of Legal Medicine. [53] He has also been elected a life member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. [54] He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, 2022. [55]

In 2024 Freckelton was awarded the Prix Philippe Pinel by the International Academy of Law and Mental Health.

Freckelton was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to the law, and to the legal profession, across fields including health, medicine and technology" in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours. [56]

Personal life

Freckelton is married to Dr Patricia Molloy (daughter of neuropsychologist Maureen Molloy) and has three children, Leo Freckelton, Dr Julia Freckelton and Lloyd Freckelton. Freckelton is also the proud owner of two sheepadoodles, named Otis and Penny. He and Dr Molloy divide their time between Melbourne, the Dandenong Hills and the Surf Coast. Ian Freckelton's hobbies and interests include: running, swimming, riding bicycles, gardening, travel, Latin and Greek literature, theatre, the study of French language, as well as listening to an eclectic array of music. [57]

Writing and publications

In 1993 and 1994 Freckelton founded the Journal of Law and Medicine [58] and Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, [59] having previously edited the proceedings of conferences held by the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law for some years. [43] He remains their editor and founding editor respectively and has written many editorials for each. Each has evolved into a highly ranked and internationally respected scholarly journal in the cross-disciplinary field of health and law. Freckelton was also a member of the team (with Bebe Loff and Beth Wilson) that transitioned the Legal Service Bulletin to the Alternative Law Journal in 1992, and was on the editorial board of both for many years. [60]

Freckelton is a member of the editorial board of the Tort Law Review, [61] the Deakin Law Review, [62] the Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences [63] and the New Zealand Journal of Family Law. [64]

Freckelton has published extensively on a wide variety of legal and cross-disciplinary topics. He is the author of 50 books, over 750 articles and chapters of books, as well as more than 270 book reviews. He has given more than 800 professional addresses in more than 40 countries.

Publications

Ian Freckelton's publications include:

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