Judicial Profiles
The Hon Justice Paul Desmond Finn
Federal Court of Australia (1995-)
Qualifications | Work History | Other positions held | Academic positions | Relevant judgments |
Relevant qualifications
- BA University of Queensland
- LLB University of Queensland
- LLM London
- PhD Cambrdige
- LLD (Hons) Flinders
Relevant work history
- 1995- Federal Court of Australia (Adelaide) (since 3 July 1995)
- Professor of Law in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University, Canberra.
- Currently he is a and has been appointed the . He has been a since 1990 and was a Judicial Fellow at Flinders Law School in 1997.
Other positions held
- 1990 - Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia
Academic appointments
- Current - Professorial Fellow of the University of Melbourne
- Current - Arthur Goodhart Professor of Legal Science at the University of Cambridge in 2010/11
- 1997 - Judicial Fellow, Flinders Law School
- Prior to 1995 - Professor of Law in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University, Canberra.
Relevant judgments
- ACCC v Metcash Trading Limited
[2011] FCAFC 151 (appeal)
Merger case. ACCC's appeal against the decision of Justice Emmett was rejected. Justice Finn agreed with the reasons and orders proposed by Justice Yates in this case. - News Ltd v South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club Ltd [2000] FCA 1541 (Trial)
Justice Finn rejected South's claim that the term reducing the competition from 17 to 14 teams was exclusionary.
Justice Finn's decision was overturned by a majority of the Full Federal Court. However, on further appeal the majority of the High Court agreed with Justice Finn that the provision was not exclusoinary.
