The Hon. Justice Arthur Robert EMMETT
Judge, Federal Court of Australia 3.2.1997
Location: Sydney
Other Commissions/Appointments:
President - Copyright Tribunal
Arthur Robert Emmett was appointed to the Federal Court of Australia in December 1996 with effect from 3 February 1997.
He graduated from the University of Sydney as Bachelor of Arts (1964), Bachelor of Laws (1967) and Master of Laws (1976). In 1967 Justice Emmett was admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales. He was admitted to the Bar of New South Wales in 1978 and was subsequently admitted in ACT, Western Australia, Victoria and South Australia. Justice Emmett was appointed Queen’s Counsel in New South Wales in 1985 and in other jurisdictions soon after. He appeared on many occasions in the High Court and also appeared in the last appeal from Australia to the Privy Council. Justice Emmett served on several committees of the NSW Bar Association and was a member of the Legal Services Tribunal. He also served as a director and chairman of Counsels Chambers Limited.
Justice Emmett was a Deputy President of the Copyright Tribunal of Australia from April 2001 to October 2007, when he was appointed President of the Copyright Tribunal. He is a member of the corporations, patent, admiralty and taxation panels of the Federal Court’s NSW registry.
For several years Justice Emmett was tutor and lecturer in Real Property for the Law Extension Committee of the University of Sydney and was also examiner in that subject. He has taught Roman Law at the University of Sydney since 1978 and has been Challis Lecturer in Roman Law since 1990. In May 2009 the University of Sydney conferred on Justice Emmett the degree of Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa).
