John Ronald Mansfield is an Australian

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and former

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of the

Federal Court of Australia The Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court of record which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law (with the exception of family law matters), along with some summary (less serious) and indic ...

. He served from 1996 to 2016 and sat in the court's

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

n registry. Mansfield was educated at

Saint Ignatius' College, Adelaide , religious_affiliation = Catholicism , denomination = Jesuits , patron = Ignatius of Loyola , established = , founder = Thomas Perrott, SJ , chairman = Suzanne ...

before graduating from the

University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on ...

with Honours in Law. He was admitted as a practitioner in 1969 and later appointed Queen's Counsel for South Australia in 1985 and for the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Au ...

in 1988. He was appointed to the Federal Court of Australia in September 1996. Mansfield has served as President of the South Australian Law Society in 1988–89, President of the

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from 1993–1994 and Chairman of the Legal Aid Committee for the Law Council of Australia from 1986-94. Additionally, Justice Mansfield is the Chair of the

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Foundation, a position he has held since 2003. In the

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Mansfield was appointed as

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''For service to the law and to the judiciary, to a range of professional associations, and to the arts community of South Australia''. On 1 June 2009, Justice Mansfield was appointed as an additional Justice of the

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory is the superior court for the Australian Territory of the Northern Territory. It has unlimited jurisdiction within the territory in civil matters, and hears the most serious criminal matters. It is ar ...

. He was awarded an

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from the

University of South Australia The University of South Australia (UniSA) is a public research university in the Australian state of South Australia. It is a founding member of the Australian Technology Network of universities, and is the largest university in South Austral ...

on 16 August 2017.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mansfield, John Living people Judges of the Federal Court of Australia Judges of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory Australian King's Counsel 1946 births