Maree Kennedy Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable Justice
Maree Evelyn Kennedy
Office:Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Term Start:25 July 2016
Office2:Judge of the County Court of Victoria
Term Start2:1 May 2007
Term End2:24 July 2016
Occupation:Judge, lawyer
Education:Monash Law School
Nationality:Australian

Maree Evelyn Kennedy is a judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria. She was appointed to the Court of Appeal in December 2020.

After graduating from the Monash Law School, she completed articles with Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks (now Allens) and was admitted to practice in 1987.[1]

Kennedy began her legal career as an Associate to Justice John Keely at the Federal Court of Australia. She was called to the Victorian Bar in 1990, where she read with Stephen Kaye. She was appointed as a Senior Counsel in 2002.[1] In 2007, Kennedy was appointed a Judge of the County Court of Victoria, where she helped establish the Court's commercial list.[2]

Justice Kennedy took up her appointment to the Supreme Court on 25 July 2016,[2] and sat as a judge of the Commercial Court.[3] She was appointed to the Court of Appeal in December 2020.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Welcome The Honourable Justice Maree Kennedy . Victorian Bar . 15 December 2017.
  2. Web site: County Court judge appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria . https://web.archive.org/web/20170228230955/https://www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au/home/contact+us/news/county+court+judge+appointed+to+the+supreme+court+of+victoria . 28 February 2017 . dead . Supreme Court (Vic).
  3. Web site: Lists in the Commercial Court . Supreme Court (Vic) . https://web.archive.org/web/20171208070747/https://www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au/law-and-practice/areas-of-the-court/commercial-court . 8 December 2017 . live.
  4. Web site: Appointments – Supreme Court of Victoria | Victorian Bar .