Brian Preston
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{{Use Australian English|date=November 2017}}
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| office = 5th Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court (NSW)
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Brian John Preston is the Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales. He was appointed on 14 November 2005.
Career
Brian John Preston graduated LLB from Macquarie University in 1982.
Career
Preston practised as a solicitor from 1982 to 1987, and as a barrister from 1987 to 2005.{{cite web| url=http://www.lec.justice.nsw.gov.au/lec/judicial_officers.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106115054/http://www.lec.justice.nsw.gov.au/lec/judicial_officers.html |archive-date=6 November 2014|website= NSW government |title=Judicial officers and decision makers}}
He began his career at Stephen Jaques & Stephen, in the firm's resources group, then became associate to Mr Justice O’Leary of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.[http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/NSWBarAssocNews/2005/65.pdf The Hon Brian Preston Chief Judge, Land and Environment Court].
Preston was principal solicitor at the Environmental Defender's Office NSW from March 1985, overseeing its official opening in May that year.Robinson, David (1996) "The Environmental Defender's Office NSW, 1985-1995" in Environmental and Planning Law Journal [June 1996] - {{cite web|url=http://www.edo.org.au/edonsw/site/pdf/misc/EDO%201985-1995.pdf |title=edo.org |accessdate=2011-10-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401224306/http://www.edo.org.au/edonsw/site/pdf/misc/EDO%201985-1995.pdf |archivedate=1 April 2012}}
He was appointed a senior counsel (SC) by the NSW Bar Association in 1999.
On 14 November 2005, Preston was appointed Chief Judge in the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales.
Recognition and awards
In 2010 Preston received an award from the Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network (AECEN) for his environmental work.Trevor Daya-Winterbottom, Profiling Justice Brian Preston (Environmental Law Annual Colloquium, University of Waikato, New Zealand).
In February 2018 the Governor of New South Wales, General David Hurley, promulgated the election of Preston as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales in the NSW Government Gazette.{{cn|date=January 2025}}
In 2018 Preston received an honorary Doctor of Letters from his alma mater Macquarie University, and in 2022 an honorary Doctor of Laws from Western Sydney University. He is also an adjunct professor at the Sydney, Southern Cross, and Western Sydney Universities.
He was awarded the Medal of Honor by the World Jurist Association in 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-13 |title=Un congreso en la ONU por la defensa del Estado de Derecho |url=https://www.abc.es/espana/congreso-onu-defensa-estado-derecho-20230413211303-nt.html |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Diario ABC |language=es}}
Preston was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2025 Australia Day Honours.{{Cite web |title=The Honourable Justice Brian John PRESTON |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/3044804 |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Australian Honours Search Facility}}
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