Dean Mildren

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Dean Mildren RFD QC (born 27 February 1943)[1] is a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.[2] He was appointed to the Court on 27 June 1991.[2]

Education and pre-Northern Territory

Justice Mildren was born in Adelaide and attended the Norwood High School and the University of Adelaide.[1] He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts[1] and from 1966 - 1968 was an Articled Clerk to James Henry Muirhead[1] who was later to become a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.

Justice Mildren was a solicitor with Thomson & Co in Adelaide from 1968 - 1971.[1]

Legal Work in the Northern Territory

Justice Mildren relocated to the Northern Territory in 1972 and established the firm Mildren & Partners in which he practised as a barrister & solicitor.[1]

Justice Mildren practised as a barrister from 1980 until his appointment to the bench in 1991.[1] Justice Mildren was appointed as a Queen's Counsel in 1983 and was President of the Northern Territory Bar Association from 1987 -1991[3] having been Vice-President from 1989 - 1990.[1]

Justice Mildren was President of the Northern Territory Law Society from 1973 - 1975 and 1979 - 1981.[4] He was also Deputy Chairman of the Northern Territory Legal Practitioners Complaints Committee from 1983 - 1988, Chairman of the Northern Territory Planning Appeals Committee from 1979 - 1985, Chairman of the Northern Territory Council of Law Reporting from 1993 - 1995 and President of the Northern Territory Law Reform Committee from 1991 - 1997.[2]

Justice Mildren was a Colonel in the Australian Army Legal Corps (Ares) from 1992 - 1996, after being a Lieutenant Colonel from 1980 - 1992.[2] He was a Judge Advocate from 1986 - 1996 and was a Defence Force Magistrate from 1986 - 1991.[2] Justice Mildren was also the Chief Legal Officer of the 7th Military District (Ares) from 1975 - 1986.[2] Justice Mildren has been a Member of the Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal since 1996.[5]

Other interests

Justice Mildren lectures part-time at Charles Darwin University having been appointed as an Adjunct Professor of the University in 1997.[2] He has been a Life Member of the Australian Centre of International Arbitration since 1986 and is a Patron of the Friends of the Territory Wildlife Park. He is also a Patron of the Dante Alighieri Society in Darwin and Vice-Patron of the Darwin Cricket Club.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Who's Who in Australia. 2008. p. 1482. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "The Honourable Justice Dean Mildren". Retrieved 19 March 2010. 
  3. ↑ NTBA About us
  4. ↑ LSNT Brief History
  5. ↑ Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal Members

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