Gibbs, Sir Harry Talbot

Gibbs, Sir Harry Talbot
▪ 2006

      Australian judge (b. Feb. 7, 1917, Sydney, Australia—d. June 25, 2005, Sydney), served 17 years (1970–87) on the High Court of Australia, becoming chief justice in 1981. He was much admired for his striking ability to deliver articulate, convincing arguments, along with his superior memory and knowledge of the law. Gibbs began his legal career as a barrister with the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1939. He suspended his law practice during World War II, rising to the rank of major in the Australian Imperial Force by war's end. In 1957 he was appointed a queen's counsel, and in 1961 he was named to the Supreme Court of Queensland. Gibbs presided (1967–70) over cases in the Federal Court of Bankruptcy until his appointment to the High Court. He was knighted in 1970, served on Australia's Privy Council in 1972, and was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1987.

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