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Kevin Joseph Aloysius Lyons KC is an Australian judge and former barrister who has served on the
Supreme Court of Victoria The Supreme Court of Victoria is the highest court in the Australian state of Victoria. Founded in 1852, it is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited and inherent jurisdiction within the state. The Supreme Court compr ...
since May 2018, sitting in the Trial Division.


Early life

Lyons was born in
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. He is the son of politician Kevin Lyons Sr., and the grandson of Prime Minister
Joseph Lyons Joseph Aloysius Lyons (15 September 1879 – 7 April 1939) was an Australian politician who served as the 10th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1932 until his death in 1939. He began his career in the Australian Labor Party (ALP), ...
and his wife Enid. He moved to Melbourne at the age of five and completed his schooling at Xavier College. He subsequently studied arts and law at the
University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb n ...
, majoring in classics.


Lawyer

Lyons served his articles of clerkship with Galbally & O'Brien. He worked as a solicitor at the firm for three years, then from 1993 as an associate to Justice David Harper. He was admitted to the bar in 1995, reading with
Kim Hargrave Kim William Spencer Hargrave (born 30 September 1954)''Who's Who in Australia 2017'', ConnectWeb, 2017. is a justice of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Hargrave was appointed to the trial division of the Supreme Court in 2005, ...
. Lyons subsequently became a "leading commercial barrister". He served on the board of the Victoria Law Foundation and on the ethics committee of the Victorian Bar. He was appointed
Queen's Counsel In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries, a King's Counsel (post-nominal initials KC) during the reign of a king, or Queen's Counsel (post-nominal initials QC) during the reign of a queen, is a lawyer (usually a barrister or ...
in 2012.


Judge

Lyons was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria on 22 May 2018, replacing Peter Vickery.


See also

* List of Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyons, Kevin University of Melbourne alumni People educated at Xavier College Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria Living people Australian King's Counsel Year of birth missing (living people)