Sir Anthony Mason

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Sir Anthony Mason is an Australian jurist who served as Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and played a leading role in shaping modern Australian constitutional law.

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Sir Anthony Mason canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chief Justice ⓘ
human ⓘ
judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
awardReceived Companion of the Order of Australia ⓘ
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Australia ⓘ
educatedAt Sydney Grammar School ⓘ
University of Sydney ⓘ
employer Attorney-General's Department of Australia ⓘ
Australian National University ⓘ
High Court of Australia ⓘ
University of New South Wales ⓘ
familyName Mason ⓘ
fieldOfWork administrative law ⓘ
common law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
givenName Anthony ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
knownFor development of implied freedom of political communication in Australian law ⓘ
reformulation of Australian common law principles ⓘ
shaping modern Australian constitutional law ⓘ
memberOf High Court of Australia ⓘ
Order of Australia ⓘ
Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
name Sir Anthony Frank Mason ⓘ
notableWork Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v Commonwealth ⓘ
Cole v Whitfield ⓘ
Mabo v Queensland (No 2) ⓘ
Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Wills ⓘ
Walton Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher ⓘ
occupation academic ⓘ
barrister ⓘ
judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
positionHeld Chancellor of the Australian National University ⓘ
Chancellor of the University of New South Wales ⓘ
Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia ⓘ
Justice of the High Court of Australia ⓘ
Solicitor-General of Australia ⓘ
non-permanent judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal ⓘ
workLocation Canberra ⓘ
Sydney ⓘ

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Mabo v Queensland (No 2) → bench → Sir Anthony Mason ⓘ