Terence Cole (jurist)

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HMAS Sydney
In office
2008 (2008)–2009 (2009)
Personal details
Born
Terence Rhoderic Hudson Cole

(1937-10-31) 31 October 1937 (age 86)
Longreach, Queensland
Alma materFort Street High School; University of Sydney
OccupationJurist
ProfessionLawyer; barrister
Awards
Websitewww.disputeresolution.net.au/Terence_Cole.htm
Military service
AllegianceAustralia
Branch/serviceRoyal Australian Naval Reserve
Years of service1969 (1969) – 1998 (1998) (18–19 years)
RankCommodore / Deputy Judge Advocate General
[1]

Terence Rhoderic Hudson Cole,

Royal Commissions
.

Background

Cole was born in Longreach, Queensland, and was educated at Fort Street High School in Sydney; where he was school Vice Captain. He graduated from the University of Sydney in 1961 with a BA LL.B.[1]

Legal career

Cole practiced as a

Queen's Counsel
in 1976.

Cole was appointed as a judge to the

Court of Appeal of New South Wales in 1994 and served until 1998. Between 1998 and 2000 Cole became a Court appointed referee, arbitrator and mediator in various commercial disputes.[1]

With an active military service in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve that commenced in 1969, rising to the rank of Commodore, Cole served as Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force between 1992 and 1998.[1]

He was commissioner of the 2000-2003 Cole Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry[3] and the 2005-2006 Cole Inquiry investigating allegations that AWB Limited paid illegal bribes to the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein in order to secure wheat sales to Iraq.[4]

On 31 March 2008, Cole was appointed by the

HMAS Sydney in a mutually destructive battle during World War II.[2]

Honours

Cole was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2005 for services to the judiciary, particularly judicial administration, to reform of the building and construction industry, and to the community through the Australian Naval Reserve and conservation and arts organisations.[5]

He received the Reserve Force Decoration in 1994 for fifteen years service to the Australian Naval Reserve.

References

  1. ^
    Commonwealth of Australia. 2001. Archived from the original
    on 8 December 2002. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  2. ^
    OCLC 301679923
    .
  3. ^ Knight, Ben (6 September 2002). "Terence Cole speaks about commission" (transcript). The World Today. Australia: ABC Local Radio. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Agriculture's decade in review". Weekly Times Messenger. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  5. Commonwealth of Australia
    . 26 January 2005. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
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