John Lawrence O’Meally

The Honourable Judge John Lawrence O'Meally (AM RFD) (1939 - ) is the current president of the Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales. He was the first judge to hear a dust diseases case in the tribunal after it was created.

Education

Marcellin College Randwick and the University of Sydney.

Appointments

*Admitted to the NSW Bar and Australian Bars 1964
*Judge of the Compensation Court of New South Wales 1984 - 2003
*Judge of the District Court of New South Wales 2003 to present
*President of the Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales since 1998
*Senior Member of the Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales 1995-1998
*Member of the Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales 1989-1995
*Judge Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court 2001
*Judge of the High Court Antigua and Barbuda 2001
*Judge of the Workers Compensation Commission of New South Wales 1979-1984
*Acting Judge of the National Court of Justice, Papua New Guinea 1977

References

*Who's Who Australia.
*Annual Review, Dust Diseases Tribunal of NSW, 2004.

ee also

* Judiciary of Australia