Judicial Profiles
The Hon Justice
William Montague Charles Gummow AC
High Court of Australia (from 21 April 1995 - 8 October 2012)
Professor, Sydney Law School
Relevant qualifications and honours
BA (First Class Honours) University of Sydney- LLM (First Class Honours) University of Sydney
- LLD (Honourary) University of Sydney
- Queen's Counsel (1986)
- Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) (1997)
For Service to the Law as a Justice of the High Court of Australia - Centenary Medal (2001)
For service as a Justice of the High Court of Australia
Relevant work history
1995-2012 - High Court of Australia- 1986-1995 - Federal Court of Australia
- 1976-1986 - Barrister (Queen's Counsel, 1986)
- 1966-1976 - Solicitor, Allen Allen and Hemsley (including as partner of the firm from 1969)
Academic appointments
- Professor, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
Relevant judgments
High Court
- Boral Besser Masonry Limited (now Boral Masonry Ltd) v ACCC [2003] HCA 5 (7 February 2003)
Misuse of market power; predatory pricing (joint judgement with Gaurdron and Hayne JJ)
Federal Court
- Arnotts Limited v TPC (1990) ATPR para 41-061; (1990) 97 ALR 555; (1990) 24 FCR 313
- William Gummow AC, 'What is in a word? 'Legitimate' interests and expectations as common law criteria' (2018) 45(1) Australian Bar Review 23
Relevant articles and speeches
William Gummow AC, 'What is in a word? 'Legitimate' interests and expectations as common law criteria' (2018) 45(1) Australian Bar Review 23
Sydney Law School