Judicial profiles

The Hon Justice Michelle Gordon AC

High Court of Australia
Professorial Fellow (The Melbourne Law Masters)

High Court of Australia

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Qualifications

LLB

Key competition cases

Air NZ 2017
Flight Centre 2016
Bradken 2013

External links

High Court page
Melbourne Law School page

 
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Qualifications

  • LLB (University of Western Australia) 1986

  • Admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor in WA in 1987

Honours/Awards

  • Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) For eminent service to the judiciary, and to the law, to legal education and judicial administration, as a role model, and to the community

Relevant work history

  • High Court of Australia (sworn in, 9 June 2015)

  • Federal Court of Australia (Melbourne) (20 April 2007 - 8 June 2015)

  • Barrister, Victorian Bar (from 1992) (appointed Senior Counsel 2003)

  • Solicitor (and later Senior Associate), Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks (until 1992)

  • Articles at Robinson Cox, Perth

Academic appointments and related

  • Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Law School (Melbourne Law Masters) (Adversary System: Bases and Corollaries; Statutory Interpretation)

  • Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law School (Melbourne Law Masters) (Statutes in the 21st Century)

  • Chair, Advisory Board, Deakin Law School (2008-2013)

  • Founding member of the Victorian Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee (est 2002)

  • Chair, Victorian Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee (2005-2007)

Relevant judgments

  • Air New Zealand Ltd v ACCC; Pt Garuda Indonesia Ltd v ACCC [2017] HCA 21
    Market definition

  • ACCC v Flight Centre Travel Group Limited [2016] HCA 49
    Agency distribution arrangement/alleged cartel

  • Norcast S.ár.L v Bradken Limited (No 2) [2013] FCA 235 (19 March 2013)

  • ACCC v Bill Express Ltd (in liq) (2009) 180 FCR 105; [2009] FCA 1022

  • Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd (ACN 004 551 473) v Amcor Limited (ACN 000 017 372) [2008] FCA 88 (19 February 2008)

Publications

More information

  • 'New Judge for Federal court' (Lawyers Weekly, 20 April 2007)

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Last updated: 1 August 2020