Kenneth Hayne

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The Honourable Justice Kenneth Madison Hayne AC QC, BA LLB (Hons) BCL

Puisne Justice of the High Court of Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office September, 1997
Appointed by	John Howard
Preceded by	Sir Daryl Dawson

Born	1945
Nationality	Australian

Kenneth Madison Hayne, AC, QC (born 1945) is a Judge of the High Court of Australia which is the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.

1 Education
2 Judicial Activity
3 Honours
4 Other trivia
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Education

Hayne attended Scotch College, Melbourne. He graduated Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from Melbourne University, and Bachelor of Civil Law from Exeter College, Oxford University. He was also a Rhodes Scholar. He was appointed as a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1984.

[edit] Judicial Activity

Hayne was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria in 1971. He joined the bench in 1992 when he was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Hayne was a judge from 7 June 1995 until 21 September 1997 in the Court of Appeals division of the Supreme Court of Victoria, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Victoria.

Hayne was appointed as a judge of the High Court in September 1997, a position he still holds. Under the Australian Constitution he must retire from the High Court by 2015 when he will be 70.

Hayne has been described as being a part of a 'core' of judges on the High Court, usually forming the majority, and often writes joint reasons with Justice William Gummow.[1] One notable recent exception to this trend was Hayne's dissent in Thomas v Mowbray, where he joined Justice Michael Kirby in holding the Commonwealth's regime of interim control orders applied in respect of suspected terrorists to be unconstitutional.

[edit] Honours

Hayne received Australia's highest civil honour when he was made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2002.

[edit] Other trivia

Justice Hayne has been said to perform impersonations.[2]

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Chief Justices of Australia
Justices of the High Court of Australia
Griffith · Knox · Isaacs · Gavan Duffy · Latham · Dixon · Barwick · Gibbs · Mason · Brennan · Gleeson
Puisne Justices
Barton · O'Connor · Higgins · Powers · Piddington · Rich · Starke · Evatt · McTiernan · Williams · Webb · Fullagar · Kitto · Taylor · Menzies · Windeyer · Owen · Walsh · Stephen · Jacobs · Murphy · Aickin · Wilson · Deane · Dawson · Toohey · Gaudron · McHugh · Gummow · Kirby · Hayne · Callinan · Heydon · Crennan · Kiefel
current Justices are in italics