Joanne Cameron

Joanne Margaret Cameron was a judge of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia, from 12 August 2014 to June 2020. She was previously a partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques.^[1]

The Honourable Justice Joanne Margaret Cameron
Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria
In office 12 August 2014 – June 2020
Personal details
Nationality	Australian
Education	University of Melbourne
Occupation	Judge, lawyer

Early life and education

Cameron studied at the University of Melbourne, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1987 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1988.^[2]

Career

Cameron worked as a solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons), in complex commercial disputes, involving litigation covering contracts, competition and trade practices, banking, and finance.^[3][4][5] Cameron became a partner in 1999 and partner in Charge of the Melbourne office in 2009.^[3]

From 2007 Cameron was a member of the Board of Examiners, a body that determined whether an individual applicant met the requirements for admission as a legal practitioner in Victoria.^[3] In 2012 Cameron was a member of a committee appointed by the Chief Justice of Victoria to conduct a preliminary evaluation of applicants for Senior Counsel.^[6]

Supreme Court

Cameron was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria on 12 August 2014, one of a growing number of solicitors, particularly female, appointed to Australian superior courts.^[7] Chief Justice of the Federal Court James Allsop attributes the growing number of appointment of female solicitors to the shortage of women barristers aged 50–55, with women being just 10% of senior counsel and 20% of barristers.^[8]

References

1. Robert Clark. "New appointments to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court". Retrieved 22 July 2017.
2. "Alumni appointments". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
3. "Justice Joanne Cameron" (2015) 89 Australian Law Journal 233.
4. Bolitho H, Cameron J & Tandora M, "A counsel of perfection: Protecting your business' security interests under the new Personal Property Securities Act" (2012) 15 Inhouse Counsel 202.
5. Cameron J, McKay C & Shand F "When does silence in commercial negotiations constitute misleading or deceptive conduct?" (2012) 15 Inhouse Counsel 250.
6. Warren, M (7 December 2012). "Appointment of Senior Counsel" (PDF). [2012] Victorian Judicial Scholarship 23.
7. "From disparaged to deified in three decades: solicitors rise to judicial glory". Australian Financial Review. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
8. Pelly, M (18 December 2015). "Gender bias 'based on ignorance': Chief Justice James Allsop". The Australian. Retrieved 8 November 2017.