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The Honourable William Frederick Ormiston AO QC (6 October 1935 – 13 December 2014) was a Court of Appeal
justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...
at the
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in
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. Ormiston was educated at Melbourne Grammar School, 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 ...
(where he was business manager on the inaugural issue of the ''
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'') and the
London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...
. He took silk in 1975. Following his elevation to the bench in November 1983, sat on the Supreme Court for 22 years, with 10 of those on the Court of Appeal.


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