11 Facts About Jacqueline Gleeson

Jacqueline Sarah Gleeson was born on 7 March 1966 and is an Australian judge.

Jacqueline Gleeson has been a Justice of the High Court of Australia since 1 March 2021, and was a judge of the Federal Court of Australia, based in Sydney, from April 2014 to February 2021.

Jacqueline Gleeson was educated at Monte Sant'Angelo Mercy College and attended Sancta Sophia College, University of Sydney, where she completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1986 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1989.

Jacqueline Gleeson completed a Master of Laws from the University of Sydney in 2005, before returning to the Bar in 2007.

Jacqueline Gleeson's practice specialised in administrative law, competition and consumer law, professional liability, disciplinary proceedings and taxation.

Jacqueline Gleeson was appointed to the Federal Court by Attorney-General George Brandis on 15 April 2014, replacing retired Justice Dennis Cowdroy.

Jacqueline Gleeson has sat on a number of high-profile cases, dismissing claims against the Australian Securities and Investments Commission brought by clients of Storm Financial that alleged that the regulator should have taken action to prevent their loss.

Jacqueline Gleeson held that a company promoting a scheme "how to buy a house for $1" had engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct.

Jacqueline Gleeson was a member of the Full Court of the Federal Court that unanimously upheld an appeal by the Australian Defence Force, finding that the ADF had not breached the implied freedom of political communication when it terminated Gaynor's commission in the army reserve after he expressed anti-homosexual and anti-Islamic views.

In June 2019, Jacqueline Gleeson found in favour of Kimberly-Clark Australia in Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's case against them for the claim that "flushable wipes" were in fact safely flushable in Australia's sewerage system, saying that although they contributed to household sewerage system blockages in an unknown number of instances, even faecal matter and toilet paper contributed to those problems.

Jacqueline Gleeson began her term on 1 March 2021 in succession to Bell.