Peter Heerey
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The Hon. Justice Peter Cadden Heerey is a Justice of the Federal Court of Australia. He was appointed to the Federal Court on December 17, 1990.
Heerey attended university in Tasmania, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws (first class honours). He practiced as a solicitor in Hobart, before moving to Melbourne to become a barrister in 1967.[1]
In addition to his role as a Federal Court Justice, Heerey is also President of the Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal, a Deputy President of the Australian Competition Tribunal and a Presidential member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.[2]
He has presided over a number of high profile Australian cases, including the collusion charges against businessman Richard Pratt,[3] which resulted in the largest fine for collusion against an Australian business in history.[4]
