Garry Downes
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Garry Keith Downes is an Australian jurist.
The Hon Justice Downes AM was appointed a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia and President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in 2002. He is the Chair of the Council of Australasian Tribunals and a member of the Council of the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration.
Downes was educated at Newington College. He was called to the Australian Bar in 1970 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1983. He was also a member of the English Bar. His practice was concentrated on commercial law, administrative law and international arbitration.
He was Chairman of the Federal Litigation Section of the Law Council of Australia and Chairman of its Administrative Law Committee. He has served international and national organisations in various capacities, including as President of the Union Internationale des Avocats, Founder and Patron of the Anglo-Australasian Lawyers’ Society, Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Australia, Member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Council of the NSW Bar Association and Chairman of the NSW Council of Law Reporting.
