Kenneth Jacobs
Justice of the High Court of Australia | |
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| In office 8 February 1974 – 6 April 1979 | |
| Nominated by | Gough Whitlam |
| Preceded by | Sir Cyril Walsh |
| Succeeded by | Sir Ronald Wilson |
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| Born | 5 October 1917 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 24 May 2015 (aged 97)[1] United Kingdom |
| Relations | Marjorie Jacobs, sister[2] |
Sir Kenneth Sydney Jacobs
QC (5 October 1917 – 24 May 2015) was an Australian judge who served as a Justice of the High Court of Australia
.
Jacobs was born in 1917 in
Queen's Counsel
.
In 1960 Jacobs was appointed as a Judge of the
President of the NSW Court of Appeal. Jacobs was appointed to the bench of the High Court on 8 February 1974. He was selected by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and Attorney-General Lionel Murphy, and was thus the first High Court Justice to be appointed by a Labor government since William Webb in 1946. Murphy, who was himself appointed to the High Court the following year, praised Jacobs for humanitarianism and his excellent legal scholarship.[4]
Jacobs was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1976. He retired from the High Court on 6 April 1979. On 19 July 1979, Jacobs was granted life membership of the New South Wales Bar.[5]
References
- ^ "Vale the Hon Sir Kenneth Sydney Jacobs KBE (1917–2015)". NSW Bar Association. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ Harrison, Sharon M. "Jacobs, Marjorie". The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Australia and Cyprus - 30th Anniversary of Invasion of Cyprus". The Whitlam Institute. Archived from the original on 19 July 2005. Retrieved 24 December 2005.
- ^ "Lionel Murphy - Speeches". National Centre for Australian Studies. Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved 24 December 2005.
- ^ "Life membership of the Bar Association". New South Wales Bar Association. Archived from the original on 20 June 2005. Retrieved 24 December 2005.
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