Jayne Margaret Jagot is a justice of the High Court of Australia.
13 Facts About Jayne Jagot
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Jayne Jagot was appointed to the High Court in October 2022.
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Jayne Jagot was born in England, and migrated to Australia with her family in 1968.
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Jayne Jagot studied at Baulkham Hills High School before receiving an arts degree from Macquarie University in 1987.
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Jayne Jagot subsequently received a law degree with first-class honours from the University of Sydney in 1991.
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Jayne Jagot had won the Butterworths Prize for Most Proficient in First Year, the Pitt Cobbett Prize for Administrative Law, the Sir Alexander Beattie Prize in Company Law, the Margaret Ethel Peden Prize in Real Property, the Minter Ellison Prize in Intellectual Property, and the Nancy Gordon Smith Prize for Honours.
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Jayne Jagot worked as a solicitor with Mallesons Stephen Jaques from 1992 to 2002, specialising in planning and environmental law.
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Jayne Jagot was admitted to the bar in 2002, after which she developed a successful practice as a barrister.
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Jayne Jagot was appointed as a Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales in 2006.
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Jayne Jagot served as an acting judge of the Equity Division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for a period.
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Jayne Jagot was appointed as a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia on 3 September 2008.
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On 17 October 2022, Jayne Jagot was sworn in as a Justice of the High Court of Australia, replacing the retiring Justice Patrick Keane.
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Jayne Jagot is married to former New South Wales Supreme Court judge and royal commissioner Peter McClellan.