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A conversation with Dr Annabelle Bennett AC SC
Former FCA judge Annabelle Bennett AC SC appears on latest episode of Lives and Times of the Judges podcast, decision in Pabai Pabai & Anor v Commonwealth of Australia to be handed down by Justice Wigney this afternoon.
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Annabelle Bennett was born in Sydney in 1950. Following an early interest in sciences, with a degreein science and a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Sydney, Dr Bennett took a degree in law at the University of New South Wales. She joined the bar in 1980 where she developed a speciality in intellectual property. In 1994 she took silk and in 2003, was appointed to the Federal Court. During her 13 years on the bench, Dr Bennett also served as an additional judge of the Supreme Court of the ACT, a presidential member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and president of the Copyright Tribunal. Her international appointments included being inaugural Chair of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Advisory Group of Judges. Dr Bennett’s activities since leaving the Federal Court in 2016 include an eight-year stint as chancellor of Bond University and serving as an Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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Useful decision on the principles in respect of new evidence on appeal when the "new evidence" should have been produced on discovery by the successful respondent #auslaw
— Angus M-a-c-i-n-n-i-s (@AequoEtBono)
12:55 AM • Jul 14, 2025
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