The Honourable Judge John Lawrence O'Meally, AM, RFD (18 November 1939 – 4 October 2024) was an Australian judge who was president of the Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales. He was a barrister from 1964.[1] He was the first judge to hear a dust diseases case in the tribunal after it was created in 1989. O'Meally was also Australia's longest serving judge, having spent 32 years on the bench, when he retired on 17 November 2011. He died on 4 October 2024, at the age of 84.[2][1]
Education
editAppointments
edit- 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 2003–2011
- President of the Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales 1998–2011[3]
- 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
See also
editReferences
edit- Who's Who Australia.
- Annual Review, Dust Diseases Tribunal of NSW, 2004.
- ^ a b "Vale John Lawrence O'Meally AM RFD (1939-2024)". New South Wales Bar Association. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ "John Lawrence O'Meally Death Notice". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "Special Sitting of the Dust Diseases Tribunal to Mark the Passing of His Honour Judge John Lawrence O'Meally AM RFD" (PDF). Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.