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Ross Ray QC was an Australian barrister and the President of the Law Council of Australia. [1]

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Ross Ray studied at Monash University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Jurisprudence and a Bachelor of Laws, graduating in 1975. [2]

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He practised in a range of areas and participated in some of Australia's most well known cases. [3] Ray was Chair of the Victorian Bar in 2004 and 2005.

He appeared in many major coronial investigations and Royal Commissions, including the Grand Prix death at Albert Park.

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Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit motorsport track in Australia

The Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit is a street circuit around Albert Park Lake, only a few kilometres south of central Melbourne. It is used annually as a racetrack for the Formula One Australian Grand Prix, Supercars Championship Melbourne 400 and associated support races. The circuit has FIA Grade 1 licence. In spite of being a circuit on public roads it has characteristics of a natural road course considering it being fast and flowing combined with extensive runoff in many corners.

His wife, Mara, is also a Victorian barrister.

Ross Ray died on 22 May 2016 in a quad bike accident at his hobby farm near Mansfield, Victoria. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.lawcouncil.asn.au/RayBio.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/monmag/issue21-2008/alumni/classnotes-seventies.html
  3. ↑ http://www.vicbar.com.au/bp.aspx?RollNumber=1215
  4. ↑ Vedelago, Cameron Houston and Chris. "Prominent barrister Ross Ray, QC, killed in quad bike accident". The Age. Retrieved 2016-05-23.


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