14 Facts About James Allsop

James Leslie Bain Allsop was born on 7 April 1953 and is an Australian judge, currently serving as a foreign Non-Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.

James Allsop was the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, in office from 1 March 2013 to 6 April 2023.

James Allsop was previously President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal, where he presided from 2 June 2008 to 28 February 2013.

James Allsop then graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts in 1974 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1980.

James Allsop was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1981, and was appointed Senior Counsel in 1994.

James Allsop was appointed Queen's Counsel in Western Australia in 1998.

From 2001 to 2008, James Allsop was a Justice of the Federal Court of Australia.

James Allsop has served as an additional Justice of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory.

James Allsop was appointed the President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal on 2 June 2008.

On 20 November 2012, Commonwealth Attorney-General Nicola Roxon announced James Allsop would be appointed Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia.

James Allsop was succeeded as Chief Justice from 7 April 2023 by Justice Debra Mortimer, who has been a judge of the court.

James Allsop is an adjunct professor at the University of Sydney, where he specialises in international admiralty and maritime law.

James Allsop was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2013 for distinguished service to the judiciary and the law, as a judge, through reforms to equity and access, and through contributions to the administration of maritime law and legal education.

James Allsop was promoted to Companion of the Order of Australia in the 2023 Australia Day Honours for "eminent service to the judiciary and to the law, to organisational and technological reform, to legal education, and to insolvency law".