Kenneth Hayne

Kenneth Hayne

Infobox Judge alt
honorific-prefix = The Honourable Justice

name = Kenneth Madison Hayne
honorific-suffix = AC QC, BA LLB (Hons) BCL
caption = [http://www.hcourt.gov.au/images/justhay.jpgOfficial Photo]
office = Puisne Justice of the High Court of Australia
appointer = John Howard
term_start = September, 1997
term_end =
predecessor = Sir Daryl Dawson
successor = Incumbent
occupation =
birth_name =
birth_date = 1945
birth_place =
spouse =
children =
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.

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.

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. [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/23/1045935279581.html] 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.

Honours

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

Other trivia

*Justice Hayne has been said to perform impersonations. [http://www.gtcentre.unsw.edu.au/publications/papers/docs/2006/7_ConferenceTableQu1.pdf]

ee also

* Judiciary of Australia
* List of Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria

External links

* [http://www.hcourt.gov.au/haynej.htm Hayne's biography on the High Court of Australia website]
* [http://www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au Supreme Court of Victoria Website]


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