Jeffrey Ernest John Spender
Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
In office
17 May 1984  19 July 2010
Personal details
NationalityAustralian
SpouseGlenice Spender
ChildrenFiona, Duncan, and Tom

Jeffrey Ernest John Spender KC is a former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia that served from 17 May 1984 to 19 July 2010.[1]

Jeff Spender graduated from the University of Queensland in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science, with honours in Mathematics. From 1967 until 1984 he practised at the Queensland Bar. In 1968 he obtained a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Queensland. In 1972 Spender graduated from the University of London with a Master of Laws. In 1983, he was appointed Queen's Counsel.[2]

Spender served as a presidential member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and as a judge of the Industrial Relations Court of Australia. He served as an additional judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory. He was appointed a member of the Court of Appeal of the Kingdom of Tonga in 2001.

References

  1. "Former Judges of the Court". Federal Court of Australia. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. "NOTICE OF MEETING OF MEMBERS: QUEENSLAND IRISH ASSOCIATION FRIENDLY SOCIETY LTD (IN LIQ) ("QIA")" (PDF). QUEENSLAND IRISH ASSOCIATION FRIENDLY SOCIETY. p. 7. Retrieved 6 January 2022.


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