Francis Douglas QC
Education
- 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
Browse Pool Members
- Philip Argy
- Roger Davis
- Mark Dempsey SC
- Francis Douglas QC
- Raymond Finkelstein QC
- Steven Goldstein
- Malcolm Gracie
- Ian Harley Bailey QC
- Michael Heaton QC
- Jim Holmes
- Sibylle Krieger
- David Levin QC
- Terry Mehigan
- Albert Monichino SC
- Dr Rob Nicholls
- Jonathon Redwood
- The Hon DM Ryan QC
- Tony Samuel
- Michael Shand QC
- Michael Sweeney
- Greg Thorpe
- Steve White