Ian McNeil Jackman is a judge of the

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Early life and education

Ian Jackman was born in England to Grace Mcneil and Christopher Jackman, a Cambridge-educated accountant for PricewaterhouseCoopers. At age four, his family migrated to Australia as ten-pound Poms. He has four siblings including

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. Jackman was raised in the North Shore area of Sydney and was a student at Knox Grammar School from 1972 to 1980. During his time there, he was vice-captain, Dux of the School and achieved the second highest HSC mark in New South Wales in 1980. Jackman attended the

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, whilst residing at St Andrew's College, earning a

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with Honours in 1984. He won the Rhodes Scholarship for New South Wales and continued his studies at the University of Oxford where he completed a Bachelor of Arts (Jurisprudence) (Hons I) in 1987 and a Bachelor of Civil Law in 1988. While at Sydney University, Jackman played rugby with the Sydney University Football Club and among his teammates was former Prime Minister

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and former Wallaby Nick Farr-Jones .

Career

Jackman was an Associate to the Honourable Justice Gummow before joining the NSW bar in 1989 and reading under Bret Walker SC. He practised at Eight Selborne Chambers and specialised in commercial and company law. In 2002, he was appointed Senior Counsel. He was a member of the Commonwealth Government's Takeovers Panel from 2014. He represented insurers in COVID-19 business interruption cases in the Federal Court and the High Court. On 6 February of 2023, Jackman was appointed to the Federal Court of Australia, replacing the Honourable Justice Jagot following her appointment to the High Court of Australia.

References

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