The Honourable Paul de Jersey AC
Chief Justice of Queensland
Biographical Notes
Companion of the Order of Australia (2000)
Centenary Medal (2003)
Hon LLD (Qld) (2000), Hon Doctor of the University (USQ) (2008)
Life Member Bar Association of Queensland
Born 21 September 1948; married Kaye 1971; two daughters and one son: Carolyn, Alison and David; three grandchildren.
Secondary education at Church of England Grammar School (1961-1965) and then University of Queensland, graduated BA (1969), LL.B.(Hons) 1971; Queensland University Regiment 1966-71 (Commissioned 1969)
Called to the Bar (Queensland) 1971; appointed Her Majesty’s Counsel 1981.
At the Bar, a broad general practice with a focus on the commercial field; appeared in constitutional cases before the High Court of Australia; appeared before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
Appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1985; Commercial Causes Judge 1986-1989; Chairman, Supreme Court Library Committee 1988- 1994; Chairman, Attorney-General’s Consultative Committee on Computerised Legal Information Retrieval 1990-1991; Judge constituting the Mental Health Tribunal, 1994-1996; President, Queensland Industrial Court, 1996-1997; Chairman, Law Reform Commission (Qld) 1996-1997.
Appointed Chief Justice of Queensland 17 February 1998.
Chair, Judicial Section, Law Association of Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA), since 2006.
Visitor, The University of the South Pacific, 2006-2009.
Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane since 1991; member of the Chapter of St John’s Cathedral since 1989; member of the Council of the Anglican Church Grammar School 1990-1997.
President, Australian Cancer Society 1998-2001 (Vice President 1995-1998); Trustee of the National Breast Cancer Foundation 1994-1999; Chairman of the Queensland Cancer Fund 1994-2001.
Member, Centenary of Federation Committee (Queensland), 1998-2002.
Chair, Queensland Constitutional Convention, Gladstone, June 1999.
Honorary Consultant Member, Independent Commission on the Future of Policing (UK), from 2012.
Patronage as follows:
Patron:
Art from the Margins
BBC Indigenous Fund
Camerata of St John’s
Christian Lawyers Society
CLEAR Australia International Ltd
Corporate Lawyers Association (Qld)
Gold Coast District Law Association Inc (GCDLA)
Indigenous barristers’ fund of the Bar Association of Queensland, The Mullenjaiwakka Trust
King’s College Foundation
Medico-Legal Society of Qld
Queensland Justices Association Inc
Queensland Public Interest Law Clearing House (QPILCH)
United Service Club
UQ Pro Bono Law Centre
Deputy Patron:
Royal Commonwealth Society (Qld)
Publications
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