Judicial Profiles
The Hon Justice Michelle Gordon AC
High Court of Australia
Professorial Fellow (The Melbourne Law Masters)
Relevant qualifications and honours
LLB (University of Western Australia) 1986- Admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor in WA in 1987
- Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) For eminent service to the judiciary, and to the law, to legal education and judicial administration, as a role model, and to the community
Relevant work history
High Court of Australia (sworn in, 9 June 2015)- Federal Court of Australia (Melbourne) (20 April 2007 - 8 June 2015)
- Barrister, Victorian Bar (from 1992) (appointed Senior Counsel 2003)
- Solicitor (and later Senior Associate), Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks (until 1992)
- Articles at Robinson Cox, Perth
Academic appointments and related
- Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Law School (Melbourne Law Masters) (Adversary System: Bases and Corollaries)
- Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law School (Melbourne Law Masters) (Statutes in the 21st Century)
- Chair, Advisory Board, Deakin Law School (2008-2013)
- Founding member of the Victorian Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee (est 2002)
- Chair, Victorian Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee (2005-2007)
Relevant judgments
Air New Zealand Ltd v ACCC; Pt Garuda Indonesia Ltd v ACCC [2017] HCA 21
Market definition- ACCC v Flight Centre Travel Group Limited [2016] HCA 49
Agency distribution arrangement/alleged cartel
- Norcast S.ár.L v Bradken Limited (No 2) [2013] FCA 235 (19 March 2013)
- ACCC v Bill Express Ltd (in liq) (2009) 180 FCR 105; [2009] FCA 1022
- Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd (ACN 004 551 473) v Amcor Limited (ACN 000 017 372) [2008] FCA 88 (19 February 2008)
Relevant speeches and publications
The Hon Justice Michelle Gordon, 'Criminalisation of Cartel Conduct' (2011) 34 Australian Bar Review 177 (see also speech delivered 1 October 2010)
