High Court of Australia

Qualifications

Bachelor of Civil Laws
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Economics

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High Court

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Civil Law (First Class Honours) (University of Oxford)

• Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) (University of Melbourne) (1975)

• Bachelor of Economics (Australian National University)

• Admitted to Practise (1977)

• Joined Victorian Bar (1982)

• Appointed Queen's Counsel (1992)

Honours/Awards

• Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) For eminent service to the judiciary, and to the law, to criminal and civil appeals reform, to legal education, and to professional standards.

Relevant work history

• Judge of Appeal, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria (2004 - 2015)

• Judge, Supreme Court of Victoria (Trial Division) (2002 - 2004)

• Queens Counsel, Victorian Bar (1992-2002)

• Barrister, Victorian Bar (1982-1992)

• Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques (1981-1982)

• Solicitor, Mallesons Stephen Jaques (1977-1981)

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

Relevant publications

Justice Geoffrey Nettle, 'Criminalisation of Cartel Conduct: Commentary' (2011) 18 CCLJ 213

More information

• Appointment of the Honourable Geoffrey Nettle to the High Court of Australia (Media Release from Attorney-General for Australia, Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, 4 December 2014)

• Sarah Whyte, 'Feared and admired: Justice Geoffrey Nettle joins the High Court' (SMH, 3 February 2015)