John Alexander Logan (judge)

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The Hon John Alexander Logan RFD (born 1956, Brisbane) is a Justice of the Federal Court of Australia. He was appointed to the court by Attorney-General Philip Ruddock on 27 September 2007, to fill the vacancy in the Brisbane registry caused by the appointment of Susan Kiefel to the High Court of Australia. Justice Logan was sworn in at a ceremonial sitting of the Federal Court in Brisbane on 5 October 2007.

[edit] Pre-judicial career

Logan worked for the Commonwealth Taxation and Attorney-General's Departments, before commencing practice at the Queensland Bar in 1984. In 1990, Logan was appointed as counsel assisting the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Logan was appointed Senior Counsel on 2 December 1999.

Logan's practice at the bar concentrated on federal administrative law, particularly taxation. Logan's notable appearances included an unsuccessful challenge to the constitutionality of a law making it an an offence, punishable by a military tribunal, for a member of the Army to commit an act overseas that would be a crime if committed in Australia (Re Colonel Aird^[1]).

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