David Jackson (judge)
David Jackson QC | |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland | |
| Assumed office 8 October 2012 | |
The Honourable Justice David Jackson is a Judge in the Supreme Court of Queensland which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Queensland. He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Queensland on 8 October 2012.[1]
Career
Jackson was called to the Queensland Bar in 1977 and appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1990. Jackson now sits on the Commercial List of the Supreme Court of Queensland. In August 2014 he was appointed as Chair of the Queensland Law Reform Commission.[2]
Jackson is currently being investigated over his role in the the collapse of investment company Equititrust which raised hundreds of millions of dollars from members of the public and collapsed owing $260 million dollars to the investors causing many to lose their homes and life savings. The offices of the company were raided by the Australian Federal Police on October 20, 2011 with Jackson having resigned as a director only three days before. Jackson is expected to be examined over his conduct with this company in the Federal Court in 2017.[3]
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