ABOUT US

Sir Anthony Mason Chambers was officially opened in on 25 July 2014 by the Honourable Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE GBM (Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia 1987 – 1995). Sir Anthony Mason was known for his significant contribution to Australian law and for his strong views on judicial independence. He was committed to upholding civil liberties and protecting individual rights. He also recognised the importance of advancing the rights of indigenous Australians.

Sir Anthony was Commonwealth Solicitor General from 1964 to 1969 and a Judge of the NSW Court of Appeal from 1969 to 1972. He has been Chancellor of UNSW, National Fellow at the Research School of Social Sciences at the ANU, a Judge of the Supreme Court of Fiji and President of the Solomon Islands Court of Appeal. In 1996-1997, he was Arthur Goodhart Professor in Legal Science at Cambridge University.

Since 2001 Sir Anthony has been Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the ANU College of Law. Sir Anthony has been a non-permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal since 1997.

Sir Anthony holds Honorary Doctorates from the Australian National University and Sydney, Melbourne, Monash, Griffith and Deakin Universities, UNSW and the Universities of Oxford and Hong Kong.