Richard Ellard Cooper (3 January 1947 – 14 March 2005) was a Judge of the

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(2 February 1989 to 30 March 1992) and then a Judge of the

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(30 March 1992 to 14 March 2005). Cooper was educated at

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from 1952–62, he graduated from the

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with a

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in 1979. Cooper served on the Queensland Law Reform Commission as deputy chairman from 1999 and as chairman in 1992 and 1993.

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