Murray Tobias

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Murray Tobias
Judge of the New South Wales Court of Appeal
In office
28 April 2003 25 March 2011
Personal details
Born1939 (age 8384)
Occupation Jurist; Barrister

Murray Herbert Tobias, AM , RFD , KC (born 1939) was a retired Australian jurist who served as a judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales between 28 April 2003 and 25 March 2011.

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Education

Tobias studied at The Scots College, Sydney. He graduated in law from the University of Sydney, and subsequently attained a BCL from the University of Oxford. [1]

Career

Tobias was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1978. From 1993–95, Tobias was President of the NSW Bar Association. [1]

In 2003, Tobias was appointed a Judge of Appeal of the NSW Court of Appeal and retired in March, 2011. He continued to serve as an Acting Judge in Appeal until March 2016. [2]

Tobias was also a member of the Royal Australian Navy Reserve Legal Panel from 1968, retiring as Head of Panel when he turned 60 with the rank of captain. At the time of his retirement he was a Judge Advocate and a Defence Force Magistrate. [2]

Tobias was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 1998 Australia Day Honours for "service to the legal profession, particularly through the New South Wales and Australian Bar Associations, and to military law". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Who's Who in Australia
  2. 1 2 "Murray Tobias QC - Sixth Floor". sixthfloor.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016.
  3. "Murray Herbert Tobias, RFD, QC". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 22 September 2019.