James Popple (born 1964)[1] is CEO of the Law Council of Australia.[2] He is also an Honorary Professor in the College of Law[3] and the College of Engineering and Computer Science[4] at the Australian National University,[5] and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.[6]

James Popple
Photograph of James Popple
Born (1964-11-04) 4 November 1964 (age 60)
NationalityAustralian
Education
Alma materAustralian National University
First Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner
In office
1 November 2010 – 31 December 2014
Senior Member, Administrative Appeals Tribunal
In office
1 January 2015 – 31 December 2017
Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
In office
8 October 2018 – 26 February 2021
Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide
In office
8 July 2021 – 11 July 2022
Chief Executive Officer, Law Council of Australia
In office
25 July 2022 – present
Websitewww.popple.net/james

He was President of the ANU's Postgraduate and Research Students' Association (1990–91);[1] associate to High Court Justice Mary Gaudron (1995);[7] Deputy Registrar of the High Court of Australia (1996–98);[1] a senior executive in the Australian Attorney-General's Department (1998–2010);[8] the first Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner (2010–14);[8] a Senior Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2015–17);[9] a Principal Reviewer at CPM Reviews Pty Ltd (2018);[10] a member of the Australian Anti-Dumping Review Panel (2018–21);[11] a member of the ACT Remuneration Tribunal (2018–22);[12] Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (2018–21);[13] and Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (2021–22).[14]

He has been a member of the Council of Burgmann College, ANU since 1985.[1][15]

As part of his PhD research at the ANU (1993),[16] he developed a legal expert system called SHYSTER.[17][18]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Who's Who in Australia 2003". Who's Who in Australia: A Record of the Careers of Prominent and Representative People of the Time (39th ed.). Crown Content: 1635. 2002. ISSN 0810-8226.
  2. ^ "Dr James Popple appointed Law Council CEO". Law Council of Australia. 1 July 2022. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Our people". ANU College of Law. Australian National University. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  4. ^ "People". ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science. Australian National University. 8 September 2015. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  5. ^ "James Popple". Australian National University. 14 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Fellows". Australian Academy of Law. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  7. ^ Blackshield, Tony; Coper, Michael; Williams, George, eds. (2001). The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-19-554022-0.
  8. ^ a b "Freedom of Information Commissioner". Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  9. ^ "AAT Membership - Australian Capital Territory". Administrative Appeals Tribunal. 2 January 2015. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Reviewers". CPM Reviews Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.;
  11. ^ "About the ADRP - Current appointments". Australian Government Anti-Dumping Review Panel. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.;
  12. ^ "About the Tribunal". ACT Remuneration Tribunal. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  13. ^ "About us". Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  14. ^ "About the Commission". Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Council of Burgmann College". Burgmann College. 14 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  16. ^ Popple, James (1993). SHYSTER: A Pragmatic Legal Expert System (PDF) (PhD thesis). Australian National University. doi:10.2139/ssrn.1335637. hdl:1885/49348. ISBN 0-7315-1827-6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2014. Alt URL Available at Open Library. Also available at Google Books.
  17. ^ "SHYSTER". Australian National University. 26 June 2003. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  18. ^ Popple, James (1996). A Pragmatic Legal Expert System (PDF). Applied Legal Philosophy Series. Dartmouth (Ashgate). doi:10.2139/ssrn.1335176. ISBN 1-85521-739-2. S2CID 37657903. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2014. Alt URL Available at Open Library. Also available at Google Books.
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Government offices
New title Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner
1 November 2010 – 31 December 2014
Vacant
Office not filled until 19 April 2022
Title next held by
Leo Hardiman
Preceded by Senior Member, Administrative Appeals Tribunal
1 January 2015 – 31 December 2017
Vacant
Office not filled, in Canberra Registry, until 25 February 2019
Title next held by
Damien O'Donovan
New title Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
8 October 2018 – 26 February 2021
Royal Commission concluded
New title Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide
8 July 2021 – 11 July 2022
Succeeded by
Unknown
Other offices
Preceded by
Michael Tidball
Chief Executive Officer, Law Council of Australia
25 July 2022 – present
Incumbent