Robert Clive Tadgell (died 14 July 2022) was a Court of Appeal justice at the
Supreme Court of Victoria
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The Supreme Court comprises ...
.
Education
Tadgell commenced studies 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 nor ...
Law School in 1954, and entered residence at
Trinity College Trinity College may refer to:
Australia
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there in 1956 during his third year. He joined the college's debating club, known as the "Dialectic Society", and in 1957 was secretary and winner of the President's Medal for Oratory. He graduated with a LLB (Hons) degree in 1958, winning the Robert Craig Exhibition in Company Law and Jenks Exhibition in Private International Law.
Career
He was associate to
Mr Justice Sholl and was later articled to
Sir James Forrest at
Hedderwick, Fookes & Alston. He was called to the bar in 1960, and took silk in 1974. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1980, and elevated to the Court of Appeal in 1995 upon its creation. He retired from the court on 30 May 2001.
He served on the council of
Monash University
Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...
from 1995 to 1998, and was elected to the Council of Trinity College in 1998. He was chancellor of the
Diocese of Melbourne from 1981, and deputy president of the Appellate Tribunal of the
Anglican Church of Australia from the same year (president from 1995). He was elected a canon of
St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne in 1998.
In 2005, he became an officer of the
Order of Australia
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(AO), for "service to the judiciary, to the law, and to the community through contributions to higher education institutions and the Anglican Church in Australia".
Aged 88, Tadgell died on 14 July 2022.
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References
People educated at Trinity College (University of Melbourne)
Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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