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Kevin Joseph Aloysius Lyons KC is an Australian judge and former barrister who has served on the Supreme Court of Victoria since May 2018, sitting in the Trial Division.


Early life

Lyons was born in
Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi ...
. He is the son of politician Kevin Lyons Sr., and the grandson of Prime Minister
Joseph Lyons Joseph Aloysius Lyons (15 September 1879 – 7 April 1939) was an Australian politician who served as the 10th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1932 until his death in 1939. He began his career in the Australian Labor Party (ALP), ...
and his wife Enid. He moved to Melbourne at the age of five and completed his schooling at
Xavier College Xavier College is a Roman Catholic, day and boarding school predominantly for boys, founded in 1872 by the Society of Jesus, with its main campus located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Classes started in 1878. ...
. He subsequently studied arts and law at the
University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb no ...
, majoring in classics.


Lawyer

Lyons served his articles of clerkship with Galbally & O'Brien. He worked as a solicitor at the firm for three years, then from 1993 as an associate to Justice David Harper. He was admitted to the bar in 1995, reading with Kim Hargrave. Lyons subsequently became a "leading commercial barrister". He served on the board of the Victoria Law Foundation and on the ethics committee of the
Victorian Bar The Victorian Bar is the bar association of the Australian State of Victoria. The current President of the Bar is Roisin Annesley KC. Its members are barristers registered to practice in Victoria. On 30 June 2020, there were 2,179 counsels ...
. He was appointed
Queen's Counsel In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries, a King's Counsel (post-nominal initials KC) during the reign of a king, or Queen's Counsel (post-nominal initials QC) during the reign of a queen, is a lawyer (usually a barrister o ...
in 2012.


Judge

Lyons was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria on 22 May 2018, replacing
Peter Vickery Peter Norman Vickery (1949/1950 – 26 April 2022) was an Australian judge. He was a Trials Division justice at the Supreme Court of Victoria and sat as a judge of the Commercial Court (Victoria), Commercial Court for Victoria. Prior to his appo ...
.


See also

* List of Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyons, Kevin University of Melbourne alumni People educated at Xavier College Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria Living people Australian King's Counsel Year of birth missing (living people)