David Thomas is a retired judge of the
Federal Court of Australia
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and a former justice of the
Supreme Court of Queensland
The Supreme Court of Queensland is the highest court in the Australian State of Queensland. It was formerly the Brisbane Supreme Court, in the colony of Queensland.
The original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court allows its trial division to ...
in the Trial Division. He was appointed to the Supreme Court on 17 September 2013 and to the Federal Court on 27 June 2017. He served as the president of the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was an Australian tribunal that conducted independent merits review of administrative decisions made under Commonwealth laws of the Australian Government. The AAT reviewed decisions made by Australian G ...
from the date of his appointment to the Federal Court until 31 January 2022. Prior to his appointment to the AAT he was the president of the
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) is statutory organisation responsible for reviewing administrative law decisions of some Queensland Government departments and agencies, and also adjudicating some civil law disputes. The t ...
.
Thomas was previously a senior partner with
Minter Ellison Lawyers. He is also the president of The
, deputy chair of
Queensland Ballet
Queensland Ballet, founded in 1960 by Charles Lisner, is the premier ballet company of Queensland, Australia, and is based in Brisbane. It is one of only three full-time, professional classical ballet companies in Australia. The company has ha ...
, a director of The Society of The Sacred Advent Schools (the trustee of
St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School
St Margaret's Anglican Girls School is an Australian Private school, private Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican Day school, day and boarding school for girls. The school is located in Ascot, Queensland, Ascot, an inner-northern suburb of Bri ...
and
St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School
St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School is an Independent school, independent, Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican, day school for girls, located in Corinda, Queensland, Corinda, a western suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was named af ...
) and an adjunct professor at
Murdoch University
Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai. It began operations as the state's second university on 25 July 1973, and accepted its first undergraduate students in 1975. Its ...
.
He retired from the bench on 31 January 2024.
See also
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List of Judges of the Federal Court of Australia
Judges who have served on the Federal Court of Australia , are appointed in accordance with Section 72 of the Constitution of Australia, section 72 of the Constitution, which has, since the Court's inception in 1976, been for a term expiring at ...
References
Living people
Judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland
Judges of the Federal Court of Australia
21st-century Australian judges
Year of birth missing (living people)
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