| Brian Tamberlin | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Other names | Brian J Tamberlin |
| Education | Bachelors of Law, Master of Laws Bachelor of Arts |
| Occupation | Judge; Deputy President, Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| Title | Honourable |
Brian Tamberlin, BA, LLB, LLM,[1] QC[2] is a retired Australian jurist, barrister, law commentator and justice in the Australia's federal court.[3] Tamberlin received both is Bachelor of Arts and his Bachelors of Law from the University of Sydney. He later received his Master's degree in law from Harvard Law School.[1] Tamberlin was called to the New South Wales bar in 1967 [1] specializing in town planning law, commercial law and administrative law and equity,[4] and became a Queen's Counsel in 1981.[5] Tamberlin was appointed a federal court justice in 1994.[2] Tamberlin engaged in lecturing initiatives in legal areas such as federal constitutional law, administrative law and intellectual property[5] in several countries such as the United States, Vietnam and Thailand.[1] He traveled to Indonesia in the AusAID programs operated by the Law Faculty for Indonesian judges, with professor Philip Lewis Griffiths.[2] Tamberlin has also served as a justice in the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory. Following Tamberlin's retirement from the federal court of Australia in March 2009,[4] he became the Deputy President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, an independent body which reviews the decisions of the Australian Government.[5] On 27 February 2009, A ceremony marking the retirement of Justice Tamberlin from the federal court was held.[6] Recently, Tamberlin headed a royal commission-style inquiry that was investigating the former Labor government's $5.3 billion sale of NSW electricity assets.[7]