Francis Douglas QC

Francis Douglas QCEducation

  • 1964-1969 University of Queensland
  • 1967 Bachelor of Arts (majoring in political science and history)
  • 1969 Bachelor of Law
  • 1970-1972 University of Cambridge (UK)
  • 1972 Post Graduate Bachelor of Laws
  • 1973 Diploma in International Law

Professional Qualifications

  • 1967-1969 Associate to the Hon Justice James Archibald Douglas of the Queensland Supreme Court
  • Dec 1969 Admitted to the Queensland Bar
  • 1972-1975 Joined the Constitutional and International Law Branch of the Commonwealth
  • Attorney General’s Department as a Legal Officer and was then subsequently appointed to the positions of Senior Legal Officer and Principal Legal Officer
  • 1973-1975 Representative of the Australian Government in the proceedings Australia v France in the International Court (the Nuclear Tests case)
  • Feb 1975 Admitted to the Bar of New South Wales
  • August 1988 Appointed Queens Counsel in and for the State of New South Wales. Subsequently admitted as Queens Counsel in all the other States and Territories of Australia
  • 2011 Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK)

Professional Activities 

  • 1991-2003 Member Incorporated Council of Law Reporting
  • 1977-2001 Chairman Incorporated Council of Law Reporting
  • 2000-2001 Member, Professional Conduct Committee No 2 

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