Trevor Riley
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Trevor John Riley QC (29 January 1948 - ) is a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. He was appointed to that position on 1 February 1999.
Justice Riley was born in Bruce Rock in Western Australia and was educated at the Merredin Senior High School and the University of Western Australia.
Ater graduating with a Bachelor of Laws, he was admitted to practise in 1970. He relocated to Darwin in 1974. He worked with Ian Barker in the firm Withnall & Barker until 1974 when Cyclone Tracy destroyed Darwin. After the cyclone he joined the firm Ward Keller.
Justice Riley joined the Northern Territory Bar in 1985 and was appointed as a Queen's Counsel in 1988. From 1988 - 1991 he was counsel in the Royal Commission Into Aboriginal Deaths In Custody.
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