Kevin Victor Anderson

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The Honourable
Sir Kevin Anderson
QC
Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria
In office
29 April 1969 – 4 September 1984
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byJohn Phillips
Personal details
Born1912
Died14 October 1999(1999-10-14) (aged 86–87)
EducationXavier College
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne

Sir Kevin Victor Anderson

QC (1912 – 14 October 1999) was an Australian lawyer and judge who served on the Supreme Court of Victoria
from 1969 to 1984.

Education and early career

Anderson was educated at

Queen's Counsel (QC) on 14 August 1962.[1]

Scientology inquiry

Main article: Anderson Report

As a QC, Anderson was appointed in late 1963 as a one-man

multicultural society.[4]

Judicial career

Anderson served as Chairman of the

Royal Commission or a Board of Inquiry, equivalent to the immunity of those associated with an action in the Supreme Court. In his autobiography Fossil in the Sandstone, Anderson quipped that this legislation was known informally as the 'Anderson Protection Act' because its immediate effect was to protect him and his assisting counsel Gordon Just from writs issued in the Supreme Court on 28 April 1970 that charged them with misfeasance, breach of duty and recklessness[5]
during their conduct of the Inquiry into Scientology.

Retirement and later life

Anderson was knighted on 14 June 1980 and retired from the bench on 31 August 1984. He was a devout Catholic, and after his retirement argued for the retention of the traditional swearing-in of witnesses in court.[6] He died on 14 October 1999 aged 87. He and his wife Claire (who predeceased him) had six daughters and 20 grandchildren.

References

  • Anderson, K.V. (1986) Fossil in the Sandstone: The Recollecting Judge. Spectrum Publications: Melbourne. 287pp.
    ISBN 0-86786-095-2
  • Obituary [1999] 1 Victorian Reports, p xii.

Notes

  1. ^ In Brief, The Fortnightly Newsletter of the Victorian Bar Council 19 October 1999 168: 1.
  2. ^ State of Victoria (1965) Board of Inquiry into Scientology. Government Printer: Melbourne.
  3. ISBN 0-642-26959-9
    p.85
  4. ISBN 0-642-26959-9
    p.67
  5. ISBN 0-8065-0440-4
    p.161.
  6. ^ Anderson, K.V. (1987) Oaths are as old as a belief in God. Law Institute Journal May 1987: 502-503.
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