Richard White (jurist)
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Richard Weeks White is an Australian jurist.
White, born 1954, was educated at Newington College and graduated from the University of Sydney with First-Class Honours in Law, and the University Medal, in 1976. In 1975 he was articled at Allen Allen and Hemsley to a partner, Bill Gummow, now Justice William Gummow of the High Court of Australia. From 1977 to 1978 White was an associate to Sir Nigel Bowen, the first Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia. He joined Stephen Jaques and Stephen in 1979 and became a member of the firm in 1982. In 1986 he was called to the Bar and was appointed appointed Senior Counsel in 1998. He has sat on the bench of the Supreme Court of New South Wales since 2005.
