Joseph Campbell (judge)

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Joseph Charles Campbell is a judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the highest court in the State of New South Wales, Australia, which forms part of the Australian court hierarchy.

[edit] Education

Campbell was educated at Tamworth High School, before attending the University of Sydney, where he attained honours in Arts and Law.[1]

[edit] Career

Campbell began his legal career in 1974 at the firm of Allen, Allen & Hemsley. A year later he was admitted to the New South Wales Bar. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1988.

On 26 October 2001, Campbell was sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal of that court in 2007.