Sir John Cochrane Moore
AC (5 November 191530 August 1998) was an Australian jurist. In 1973 he became the presiding judge of the
Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission
The Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC), known from 1956 to 1973 as the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission and from 1973 to 1988 as the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, was a tribunal with powers ...
. Under the Australian system, this commission served as both an arbitrator in labour disputes and as a court for the enforcement of certain provisions of the Commonwealth's labour laws.
He was
knighted
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in
1976
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for "distinguished service to law", and appointed a Companion of the
Order of Australia in 1986.
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See also
* Judiciary of Australia
References
Sources
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1915 births
1998 deaths
20th-century Australian judges
Australian Presbyterians
Australian Knights Bachelor
Companions of the Order of Australia
People educated at North Sydney Boys High School
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