Anthony North

{{Short description|Australian judge}}

{{For|the novelist who used the pseudonym Anthony North|Dean Koontz}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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|name = Anthony North

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|office = Judge of the Federal Court of Australia

|term_start = 3 October 1995

|term_end = 11 September 2018

|office2 = Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory

|term_start2 = November 2003

|term_end2 = 11 September 2018

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|birth_name = Anthony Max North

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Anthony Max North {{post-nominals|country=AUS|KC}} is a retired Australian judge, who served as a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia from 3 October 1995 until 11 September 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fedcourt.gov.au/aboutct/jj_seniority.html |title=Current Judges of the Federal Court of Australia |work=Federal Court of Australia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326064047/http://www.fedcourt.gov.au/aboutct/jj_seniority.html |archive-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead}} He held appointments as a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory and the Industrial Relations Court of Australia.

North graduated as Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne. In 1973 he served as associate to Sir Ninian Stephen, then a Justice of the High Court of Australia. He graduated as Master of Laws from the University of London in 1975.

In 1976 he was admitted to the Victorian Bar. He held the part-time statutory appointment as Defence Force Advocate between 1993 and 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.fedcourt.gov.au/aboutct/north.html|title=The Hon Anthony Max North|work=Federal Court of Australia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321080537/http://www.fedcourt.gov.au/aboutct/north.html |archive-date=21 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}

He retired from the Court in September 2018.{{citation |url=http://www.fedcourt.gov.au/digital-law-library/judges-speeches/speeches-former-judges/justice-north/north-j-20180907 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409215841/http://www.fedcourt.gov.au/digital-law-library/judges-speeches/speeches-former-judges/justice-north/north-j-20180907| archive-date=9 April 2019|url-status=dead| title=Ceremonial Sitting of the Full Court to Farewell the Honourable Justice North |access-date=15 June 2021 |website=fedcourt.gov.au}}

In 2019 North was appointed by the Governor of Victoria as Chair of the Victorian Law Reform Commission.{{cite web |title=Appointment - Hon Anthony North QC |url=https://www.vicbar.com.au/news-events/appointment-hon-anthony-north-qc |website=Victorian Bar Association |access-date=15 June 2021 |date=30 July 2019}}