Eric Michael Heenan is a former justice of the
Supreme Court of Western Australia, the highest ranking court in the Australian state of
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
.
Education
He was educated at
Aquinas College (class of 1962), and the
University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany and various other facilitie ...
from which he graduated in 1966.
Supreme Court of Western Australia Profile
/ref> He left his father's firm E.M. Heenan & Co in 1983 to practise as a barrister. He was appointed King's Counsel in 1985.
Career
He served as president of the WA Bar Association from 1990 to 1992, and as vice-president of the Australian bar association in 1992. He also served as a Commissioner of the Western Australian Supreme Court in 1990 and 1994.
From 1988 to 1994 he served as the deputy chairman of the Aquinas College Board.
He was appointed to the Supreme Court on 4 April 2002. He retired in 2015.
References
People educated at Aquinas College, Perth
Australian King's Counsel
Judges of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
1945 births
Living people
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