Judicial Profiles
The Hon Peter Ross Awdry Gray AM
Former Judge, Federal Court of Australia (Melbourne)
(17 May 1984 - 17 May 2013)
Qualifications | Work History | Other positions held | Relevant judgments | Relevant speeches and publications
Relevant qualifications and Honours
- LLB (First Class Honours) University of Melbourne (1968)
- BCL, Magdalen College, Oxford
- Victorian Bar 1972
- Member of the Order of Australia (AM) For significant service to the judiciary through the Federal Court of Australia, to legal education, and as a mentor (awarded 26 January 2014)
Relevant work history
- 1984 - 2013: Judge, Federal Court of Australia (Melbourne) (appointed 17 May 1984)
Academic appointments
- Adjunct Professor, Deakin Law School
- Adjunct Professor, Monash Law School (appointed 2013)
(Inaugural Distinguished Jurist in Residence, semester two, 2014) - Judge in Residence, Melbourne Law School, from February 2015
Other positions held
- Industrial Relations Court of Australia – Judge
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal – Presidential Member
Relevant judgments
- ACCC v Leahy Petroleum Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 794 (29 May 2007)
Price fixing - meaning of 'contract, arrangement or understanding' (held no contravention)
Referred to as the Geelong Petrol case.
The decision of Justice Gray was not appealed.
