Ross Ray QC was an Australian

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and the President of the

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. Ross Ray studied at

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, where he obtained a Bachelor of Jurisprudence and a

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, graduating in 1975. He practised in a range of areas and participated in some of Australia's most well known cases. Ray was Chair of the Victorian Bar in 2004 and 2005. He appeared in many major coronial investigations and Royal Commissions, including the

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death at Albert Park. His wife, Mara, is also a Victorian barrister. Ross Ray died on 22 May 2016 in a quad bike accident at his hobby farm near Mansfield, Victoria.

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