High Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Supreme Court of WA

Qualifications

Bachelor of Economics
Bachelor of Laws (Hon)
Bachelor of Commerce
Doctor of Philosophy

Key competition cases

ACCC v Air NZ/Garuda FCAFC

Website

High Court page

Wikipedia entry

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Economics (1995) University of Western Australia

• Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) (1996) University of Western Australia

• Bachelor of Commerce (1997) Murdoch

• Doctor of Philosophy in Law (2001) University of Oxford (Magdalen College)

Honours/awards

• Excellence in Teaching Award, Oxford (2007, 2010)

• Rhodes Scholar for Western Australia in 1998

• Recipient of UWA Frank Parson’s prize for most outstanding graduate of 1996

Relevant work history

• 2017-current: Judge, High Court of Australia

• 2015-2017: Judge of the Federal Court of Australia (Brisbane registry)

• 2011-2015: Judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia

• 2001-2011: Professor of the Law of Obligations at the University of Oxford
  (Teaching position at Keble College from in 2005 and chair of the Law of Obligations at Keble from 2008)

• 2001-2011: Barrister, Western Australian Bar (Chambers of Mr Malcolm McCusker QC)

• 2008-2011: Barrister, Bar of England and Wales (One Essex Court - Chambers of Lord Grabiner QC) (called to bar 2008; tutelage with Lord Wolfson)

• 1998: Admitted to Practice in Western Australia

• 1997: Associate to the Honourable Justice Toohey (High Court)

• Articles, Blake Dawson Waldron

Academic appointments

• 2005-2011: Professor of the Law of Obligations at the University of Oxford
  (Tutorial Fellow at Keble College from in 2005; Chair of the Law of Obligations at Keble College from 2008)

• Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland

• Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia

• Conjoint Professor of Law at the University of New South Wale

Relevant judgments

Federal Court

• ACCC v Air NZ/PT Garuda ACCC v P T Garuda Indonesia Ltd [2016] FCAFC 42 (21 March 2016)
  (In majority with Justice Dowsett; Justice Yates dissenting. Special leave to appeal to High Court granted October 2016; the appeal was dismissed.)

Publications

Dozens of publications, mainly in unjust enrichment and the law of obligations more generally. There is at least one publication touching directly on competition law issues:

• 'Compensatory Damages for Breach of Article 81' (2002) 27(3) European Law Review 327-340 (with Odudu)

News items

• J R Nethercote, 'Ringing in the changes at the High Court' (SMH, 30 January 2017)

• Paige Taylor and Jacquelin Magnay, 'James Edelman’s ascent to High Court no case of waiting' (The Australian, 3 December 2016)

• Michael Pelly, 'Young Perth dad welcomes new role in High Court' (Perth Now, 3 December 2016)

• Katie Walsh, 'High Court destiny writ large on Jamie Edelman' (AFR, 1 December 2017)

• Former Oxford Law Professor appointed to High Court of Australia (Oxford University News, 29 November 2016)

• Professor Edelman appointed youngest-ever Western Australia Supreme Court Judge (Keble College news, University of Oxford, Thursday 21 April 2011)