David Jackson (judge)
David Jackson is a Judge in the Supreme Court of Queensland which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Queensland. He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Queensland on 8 October 2012.
Career
Justice Jackson began his career at the Bar on 14 September 1977, where he was a pupil of John Dowsett. During his 35 years as a barrister, Jackson J predominantly practised in the field of commercial law, specialising in resource and mining law. On 29 November 1990, he was appointed Queen's Counsel.While at the Bar, Jackson J was a member of the council of the Bar Association of Queensland and a director of the Association between 2011 and 2013. His Honour also served as a member of the Supreme Court Library Committee in 2012.
On 8 October 2012, his Honour was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland. His was the first swearing-in ceremony to take place in the Banco Court of the Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law.
In August 2014, Jackson J was appointed as Chair of the Queensland Law Reform Commission. Under his Honour's leadership, the Law Reform Commission published - amongst others - the Review of consent laws and the excuse of mistake of fact, the Review of termination of pregnancy laws, a Report on the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme, and a Report on Expunging criminal convictions for historical gay sex offences.